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A Spring Developers Guide to Navigating the Frontend Landscape by Dan Vega @ Spring I/O 2024

Using ShedLock With Spring

ShedLock is a distributed locking mechanism for scheduled tasks in Java environments. Not unlike a semaphore or mutex it uses an external data store (i.e. some sort of database) to acquire locks for preventing tasks from being executed more than once. Prolific Java tutorial site Baeldung has a comprehensive Guide to ShedLock with Spring to get you started with this useful tool.

Sunday January 12th, 2025 by Bjoern in Enterprise Software, Software

Concerto for Java and AI – Building Production-Ready LLM Applications by Thomas Vitale @ Spring I/O 2024

Sunday January 5th, 2025 by Bjoern in Enterprise Software, Software

Improve Developer Experience With Spring Interface Clients by Olga Maciaszek-Sharma @ Spring I/O 2024

Sunday December 22nd, 2024 by Bjoern in Enterprise Software, Software

Spring Boot Tip: Shedlock – Distributed Lock for Scheduled Tasks

A few months ago, Martin Hock published this tip on using Shedlock for acquiring a distributed lock for scheduled tasks with Spring Boot.

Sunday December 1st, 2024 by Bjoern in Enterprise Software, Software

Introduction to Htmx for Spring Boot Developers | The IntelliJ IDEA Blog

In this post, Khalid Abuhakmeh - developer advocate at JetBrains - explores Htmx and how it allows you to leverage your existing Spring Boot knowledge to deliver interactive user experiences.

Sunday November 24th, 2024 by Bjoern in Enterprise Software, Software