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A step-by-step tutorial on setting up Flyway in a Spring Boot application with PostgreSQL and Maven.

A step-by-step tutorial on setting up Liquibase in a Spring Boot application with PostgreSQL and Maven. Covers changelogs, changesets, preconditions, rollbacks, diffs, and CI/CD pipelines.

Learn about implementing a DTO pattern in Spring Boot with Java records. Master manual and automated mapping, projections, and other ways of retrieving data from the db

An end-to-end tutorial on using MongoD with Spring Boot: setup, CRUD operations, custom queries, aggregation pipelines, Mongock migrations, testing

Learn how to build modern desktop applications using JavaFX and Spring Boot. Step-by-step guide with practical examples, UI design tips, and backend integration.

As I look back at 2024, I can't help but smile. From accidentally attending two conference dinners in one night to hiking in snowy Utah while locals sunbathed, from sparking new IDE features to connecting with Java communities worldwide – these are my adventures as a part of the BellSoft Developer Advocate team.

Find out how to containerize Spring Boot apps using build packs

Learn how to implement reactive programming in your Spring apps with Spring Data R2DBC and what you should pay attention to.

Learn how to build AI applications using Spring AI and Unstructured.io.

Find out how to use Project Leyden with Spring Boot to reduce startup

Find out how to build modular Spring Boot apps with Spring Modulith

Learn about Spring Modulith project and how to define application module structure

Find out how to implement CDS into your Spring Boot project for startup and footprint reduction.

Spring Boot 3.3 is out with numerous improvements

Discover how to use CRaC with Java applications in containers

Learn how to effortlessly write integration tests with Testcontainers.

Discover how to implement virtual threads to your Spring Boot project and measure the performance improvement.

Find out about new features including CRaC and virtual threads support in Spring Boot 3.2.

Master Spring Boot monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana in a Kubernetes cluster.

Master REST API documentation for Spring Boot apps with Swagger.

Discover a step-by-step tutorial on integrating CRaC with Java applications.

Discover how to work with Coordinated Restore at Checkpoint to accelerate Java application startup.

Learn how to containerize a Spring Boot app and deploy it on the local Kubernetes cluster.