Today's Best Java Blogs
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1. Vlad Mihalcea
Vlad mainly writes about best practices and patterns when using JPA and Hibernate. He gives advice on getting the best performance out of your Hibernate. He's a recognized source when writing software with Hibernate, essentially acting as a reference. Developers using JPA or Hibernate could benefit from reading this blog.
2. Jake Wharton
Jake Wharton from Square blogs regularly on Java /JVM internals and Android development tools. Some of his recent articles also touch on working with Docker and Kotlin and handling interoperability in Java.
3. Marco Behler's Blog
Extensive, long-form guides, primarily on the Spring and Java ecosystems, written in an engaging way. Learn about concepts like dependency injection, writing microservices with Java, and working with Java in combination with databases.
4. Thorben Janssen
In his weekly articles and videos, Thorben shows how to build better persistence layers in less time using JPA, Spring Data JPA, and Hibernate. He shows how to use the latest features, apply best practices and avoid common pitfalls to ensure scalability and maintainability. He is working as a freelance consultant and one of the leading experts in building scalable and maintainable persistence layers.
5. Java blog by Nicolai aka nipafx
A blog about Java, particularly new language features, API improvements, and JVM capabilities. Some of his recent articles cover things like Java generics, using flatMaps with Stream, and cheatsheets for working with Java Modules.
6. Philip Riecks's Blog
Philip writes articles about Java, Kotlin, Spring Boot, and AWS. He also focuses on testing real-world applications with these technologies. His main goal is to make testing joyful again by providing easy-to-understand recipes. Apart from text/plain content, he's active on YouTube and a course teacher for several online courses.
7. Code Complete: Another Java Blog
The blog covers Spring Boot and Microservices architecture. It also covers Java, System Design, and AWS Technologies. If you are looking to integrate different security protocols (SAML, WS-Federation, OAuth), the blog covers that as well. The blog is unique from the perspective of the implementation of key problems that developers face in the security domain.
8. Pragmatic Objects
Elegant Objects is a book about object-oriented programming, and Sergey's blog is a pragmatic adaptation of the concepts outlined in the book. He writes articles about object-oriented programming and design, with recent articles about object equality and the pitfalls of making classes final.
9. Chintan Radia's Blog
Chintan writes about Java and JavaScript. His focus is on practical concepts you'll encounter in your day-to-day work as a software developer. You'll also find Linux and system administration tips as they're relevant for software developers today.
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