Spring Boot Microservices requires authentication of users, and one way is through JSON Web Token (JWT). JWT is an open standard (RFC 7519) that defines a compact mechanism for securely transmitting information between parties. In this post, I will explain how to implement JWT authentication in Spring Microservices. JWT Token Overview JWT is of relatively […]Continue reading
Hikari Connection Pool commonly referred to as HikariCP is a very fast light weight Java connection pool. A connection pool is a cache of database connections. A Connection Pool maintains connections that can be reused when future requests to the database are required. In this post, I will explain Hikari Configuration for Spring Boot 2 […]Continue reading
With techniques such as continuous delivery becoming more mainstream, automated database migrations are a baseline capability for many software teams. Flyway is a tool that anyone with basic knowledge of SQL can use to set up and maintain database schemas. Database migration with Flyway is gaining high traction in the industry primarily due to its […]Continue reading
In September 2021, Java 17 was released as the latest LTS (long-term support) replacing Java 11. Now the big question is “What is new in Java 17?” Java 17 has 14 JDK Enhancement Proposals (JEP) items. Out of those, there are 10 new features, 2 feature removals, and deprecation of 2 features. In this post, […]Continue reading
On December 16th, 2021, with the announcement from the Spring Team, the next major release is Spring Framework 6. The whole objective is to cover Spring’s baseline upgrade efforts, in particular requiring JDK 17+ and migrating to the Jakarta EE 9 APIs, So we should be Getting Ready for upgrading to Spring Framework 6. Important […]Continue reading
