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I’m an independent IT consultant and entrepreneur in the Internet and software business. I’m interested in design, enterprise applications, web apps and SaaS products. I design and develop business solutions and applications. I help companies in terms of software quality and knowledge transfer, e.g. with Angular and Spring Boot.

Testcontainers Support in Spring Boot

With SpringBoot 3.1, Spring Boot has introduced first-class support for Testcontainers during development time. Last year, Baeldung published an introductory article on how to use the now built-in Testcontainers support with Spring Boot.

Better Error Handling for Your Spring Boot REST APIs: Error Handling Spring Boot Starter by Wim Deblauwe

Robust and consistent error handling is key when working with any kind of software framework. While Spring itself generally is doing a pretty decent job at that, when it comes to providing REST APIs with Spring Boot the framework is rather lacking. To provide a more consistent error handling experience with Spring Boot REST APIs, Wim Deblauwe (of Taming Thymeleaf fame has release an Error Handling Spring Boot Starter, which enforces robust error handling across a Spring Boot application. See his article on ...

Sunday February 16th, 2025 by Bjoern in Enterprise Software, Software

Java Digest by Catherine Edelveis: August Through October 2024 Editions

Again, I've been remiss at posting Catherine Edelveis' amazing monthly digest of relevant news, releases, and events in the Java world for the last few months. So, to catch up you can read the issues from August to October 2024 here: Java Digest August 2024 Java Digest September 2024 Java Digest October 2024

Sunday February 9th, 2025 by Bjoern in Enterprise Software, Software

“A Guide to Docker Multi-Stage Builds for Spring Boot” by Catherine Edelveis

While Spring Boot offers first-class support for Docker out-of-the-box, Docker builds can be tricky to get right, especially when it comes to build sizes. Java developer Catherine Edelveis therefore has published this useful Guide to Docker Multi-Stage Builds for Spring Boot to get you started.

Sunday February 2nd, 2025 by Bjoern in Enterprise Software, Software, Web Applications