Best of Spring Boot — September 2024

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   Community Picks·2y

   How Indexing Enhances Query Performance

   Indexes play a crucial role in enhancing database query performance by allowing quick data retrieval without scanning the entire dataset. The post explores various types of indexes like primary, secondary, clustered, and non-clustered, and provides examples of their implementation in Spring Boot applications using JPA annotations. It also discusses scenarios where indexing is beneficial, such as high-volume read operations, frequent filtering, sorting, and join operations. Moreover, it highlights when not to use indexes, such as in low-volume tables or columns with low cardinality, and delves into how indexes operate behind the scenes, including index creation and maintenance.

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   freeCodeCamp·2y

   How to Build an AI Chatbot with Spring AI, React, and Docker

   Learn how to build a chatbot application using Spring Boot, React, and Docker. This guide walks you through creating a backend REST API with Spring AI for handling chat messages, generating a chatbot UI with React, and Dockerizing the entire application for easy deployment. The complete source code is available on GitHub for hands-on experimentation.

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   JetBrains·2y

   Introduction to Htmx for Spring Boot Developers

   Starting a new project can be challenging, especially when deciding on front-end technologies like React, Angular, or Vue. Htmx offers an alternative by allowing developers to use their existing Spring Boot skills to create interactive user experiences with less complexity. By utilizing Htmx-specific attributes in HTML, developers can trigger events and dynamically update the DOM. The post walks through integrating Htmx into a Spring Boot project, showcasing simple to more complex examples. It emphasizes Htmx's ease of adoption and its ability to work incrementally alongside existing technologies.

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   Javarevisited·2y

   6 Best Udemy Courses to Learn Spring Boot 3 in 2024

   The post highlights the best Udemy courses to learn Spring Boot 3 in 2024. It emphasizes the importance of learning Spring Boot for Java developers, explaining how it simplifies the development process by removing setup and configuration hurdles. The post provides detailed descriptions and links to six highly recommended Udemy courses, each teaching Spring Boot along with related technologies like Spring Framework, Hibernate, Docker, and Microservices. It encourages learners to also have a foundational understanding of the Spring Framework for a better grasp of Spring Boot.

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   Javarevisited·2y

   Spring Boot 3.1 Docker Compose Support: The Most Intuitive and Consistent Way to Develop and Run Tests with Containers

   Spring-Boot-Docker-Compose simplifies the process of running Spring Boot applications with their dependencies using Docker. This tool automates the setup with 'docker-compose up', enhancing both development and testing workflows. By linking Spring profiles with Docker Compose profiles, and configuring tests to use Docker containers, developers achieve consistent environments and improved test coverage. Additionally, JIB integration avoids unnecessary dependencies in production images, ensuring streamlined deployment.

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   Vlad Mihalcea·2y

   A beginner’s guide to Spring Data Envers

   Spring Data Envers augments Spring Data JPA repositories by providing audit logging capabilities, allowing you to track entity changes with minimal application changes. Using annotations like @Audited, Hibernate generates audit logs for entity operations such as insert, update, and delete. Additionally, Spring Data Envers extends JPA repositories with methods to query entity revisions, facilitating audit log access and revision history tracking.

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   Baeldung·2y

   Introduction to the Hilla Framework

   Hilla is a full-stack web framework for Java that enables building applications by combining React views with a Spring Boot backend. It leverages type-safe RPC to call backend Java services from TypeScript and uses Vaadin UI components. The setup involves adding Vaadin dependencies to a Spring Boot project, creating themes for consistent UI, and defining views in React. The framework simplifies calling server methods with annotations and offers automatic CRUD operations. Hilla supports file-based routing and integrated form validation for robust client-server interactions.

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   Baeldung·2y

   Using CompletableFuture With Feign Client in Spring Boot

   Learn to parallelize HTTP requests using CompletableFuture and OpenFeign in Spring Boot. This guide covers setting up a demo application, creating Feign clients, and implementing parallel request execution. Additionally, it provides methods for handling errors and adding network and thread timeouts to ensure efficient request management.

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