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Build AI Agents in Java with Embabel: Step-by-Step Guide

Feb 18, 2026
Catherine Edelveis
23.1
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How to Use Flyway with Spring Boot
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Oct 2, 2025
Catherine Edelveis
21.0

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

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How To Use Liquibase with Spring Boot
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Sep 2, 2025
Catherine Edelveis
24.4

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.

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Ultimate Guide to Using DTOs with Spring Boot
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Aug 25, 2025
Catherine Edelveis
26.3

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

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How to Use Spring Data MongoDB
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Jul 10, 2025
Catherine Edelveis
44.8

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

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Creating Modern Desktop Apps with JavaFX and Spring Boot
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Apr 24, 2025
Catherine Edelveis
39.0

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.

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Java Adventures 2024: From Belgian Chocolate to Double Dinners
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Dec 28, 2024
Dmitry Chuyko
10.0

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.

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How to use buildpacks with Spring Boot
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Oct 3, 2024
Catherine Edelveis
16.4

Find out how to containerize Spring Boot apps using build packs

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Mastering Reactive Programming with Spring Data R2DBC
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Aug 15, 2024
Mikhail Polivakha
24.6

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

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Creating a Bot for Documentation Assistance with Spring AI and Unstructured.io
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Jul 25, 2024
Pasha Finkelshteyn
16.4

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

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How to use Project Leyden with Spring Boot
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Jul 1, 2024
Catherine Edelveis
9.6

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

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How to build a modular application with Spring Modulith
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Jun 20, 2024
Catherine Edelveis
13.3

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

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What is Spring Modulith? Introduction to modular monoliths
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Jun 20, 2024
Catherine Edelveis
13.5

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

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How to use CDS with Spring Boot applications
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Jun 6, 2024
Catherine Edelveis
21.9

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

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New features in Spring Boot 3.3
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May 23, 2024
Dmitry Chuyko
6.1

Spring Boot 3.3 is out with numerous improvements

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How to use CRaC with Spring Boot apps in a Docker container
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Mar 14, 2024
Dmitry Chuyko
6.3

Discover how to use CRaC with Java applications in containers

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How to use Testcontainers with Spring Boot applications for integration testing
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Feb 29, 2024
Catherine Edelveis
13.5

Learn how to effortlessly write integration tests with Testcontainers.

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A guide to using virtual threads with Spring Boot
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Dec 14, 2023
Catherine Edelveis
6.7

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

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New Spring Boot 3.2 version goes GA
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Nov 24, 2023
Dmitry Chuyko
5.7

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

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Spring Boot monitoring in Kubernetes with Prometheus and Grafana
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Nov 16, 2023
Catherine Edelveis
15.2

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

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Documenting REST API with Swagger in Spring Boot 3
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Nov 9, 2023
Catherine Edelveis
14.4

Master REST API documentation for Spring Boot apps with Swagger.

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How to use CRaC with Java applications
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Nov 6, 2023
Dmitry Chuyko
11.9

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

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BellSoft releases Liberica JDK LTS 17 and 21 with Coordinated Restore at Checkpoint (CRaC) for fast startup
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Nov 6, 2023
Aleksei Voitylov
4.9

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

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How to deploy Spring Boot application on Kubernetes
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Nov 2, 2023
Catherine Edelveis
10.8

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

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