Posts within the Java category

Monitoring Spring boot applications with Prometheus and Grafana
While monitoring is essential, there are various tools on the market to do this. In this tutorial I'll be using Prometheus and Grafana to monitor an existing Spring boot application.
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Using the Netflix stack with Spring boot: Zuul
Spring boot has several integrations available for Netflix components such as Zuul. In this tutorial I'll demonstrate how Zuul can be used to handle several cross-cutting concerns on a network-based level, such as CORS headers and handling multipart requests.
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Securing Spring boot applications with JWT
JWT is a popular type of token. In this tutorial I'll show you how to integrate a JWT authentication mechanism with Spring, and within a microservice oriented architecture.
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Getting started with Spring boot 2.0
Explore the new reactive features of Spring boot 2.0 and Spring 5 with me by writing a web crawler using Webflux and reactive MongoDB.
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Configuration as a microservice
Decentralized configuration on the filesystem has its flawed. But what if you could provide configuration as a microservice with Git?
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Using the Netflix stack with Spring boot: Hystrix
What happens when something fails in an application and it keeps failing? In this article I'll show you how you can have more control using Hystrix.
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Writing services with Angular 2 and RxJS
Angular comes with RxJS, which allows you to write services in a reactive way. During this tutorial we'll explore what exactly this means.
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Using the Netflix stack with Spring boot: Ribbon
Last time, I gave a basic introduction into the concepts of microservices. In this tutorial we'll explore how Netflix helps us with calling microservices using Ribbon.
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Using the Netflix stack with Spring boot: Eureka
When you talk about Java and microservices, chances are that you'll stumble upon the Netflix stack. In this example I'll use Spring boot with Eureka.
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Exploring contract first options with Swagger
In the great world of SOA we know something like "contract first development", in which we initially describe the web service (using WSDL) and later on implement the service based on that definition. In this article I will explore the options we have with Swagger and Springfox.
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