List of recommended

sources for Java Developer

Category & Theme List of recommended sources

1 Software and Development Process

Architecture Knowledge General tips for good architecture:

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Hexagonal Architecture:

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Hexagonal Architecture alternative view:

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C4 model description:

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What is Driven Domain Design?:

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Software Architecture in Practice:

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Clean Architecture by [Link]:

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Data intensive apps by [Link]:

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Grokking Functional Programming:

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Martin Fowler Software architecture guide:

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Software Design Patterns:

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Web App architecture description:

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C ode Standards Clean Code Summary:

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Clean Code Handbook:

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Clean Code Summary:

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SOLID Principles explanation:

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Algorithms & Data Structures An Introduction to the Greedy Algorithm:

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Choose The Right Data Structure:

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Introduction to Algorithms:

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Data Structures and Algorithms Made Easy

(for interviews):

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Grokking Algorithms: An Illustrated Guide for

Programmers:

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Data Structure and Algorithms Tutorials:

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Data Structures Easy to Advanced:

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C I/ CD What is the difference? CI vs CD:

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What is CI/CD? Explanation from Red Hat:

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About Concourse CI:

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Jenkins vs Concourse close comparasion:

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Pipeline as Code. CI/CD process description:

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CI/CD setup on Jenkins:

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Concourse getting started:

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Concourse tutorials (a bit old):

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CI/CD description from Stephan Maarek:

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Azure CI/CD pipelines by Nana:

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CI explained by I M engeneer:

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Troubleshooting / Logging / Monitoring Spring Actuator documentation:

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Log4J logging levels:

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Prometheus and Grafana in Java apps:

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Java app remote debug:

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Java Logging best practices:

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Practical Monitoring: Effective Strategies

for the Real World:

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Learn Grafana 7.0: A beginner's guide

to getting well versed in analytics, interactive

dashboards, and monitoring:

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Prometheus: Up & Running: Infrastructure

and Application Performance Monitoring:

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Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs

Production Systems:

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Spring app with Prometheus:

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Spring app with Prometheus and Grafana:

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Spring Boot app with Micrometer:

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Expose Hikari metrics from Java app:

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Logback vs SLF4J vs Log4J2 — what is

the difference?:

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How to do logging in java using log4j api, best

practices and tips:

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Testing process 7 popular tests naming conventions:

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What Is Test-Driven Development?:

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The different types of software testing:

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Test Driven Development by Kent eck:
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JUnit 5 tutorial Learn how to write unit tests:

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Best Practices For Unit Testing I n Java:

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Unit Tests, How to Write Testable Code

and Why it Matters:

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Version C ontrol Systems (GIT) Git branching strategies:

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Top 20 Git Commands With Examples:

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What is Git Diff?:

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How Does Git Work?:

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Pro Git 2nd edition:

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How to write good commit messages?:

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How to create good README?:

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Build Tools Why Build Tools Matter for a Well-Grounded

Developer:

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Java build tools: Maven vs Gradle:

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Gradle in Action:

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Maven-docker plug-in official docs:

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Ant vs Maven vs Gradle on examples:

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Gradle Tutorials:

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Comparing 3 java build tools ( Ant vs Maven

vs Gradle):

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Development Methodologies 12 Software Development Methodologies:

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How to describe tasks for your team:

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What is acceptance criteria.:

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Software Development Methodologies

with history:

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2 Java SE Development
Java C ore Java Wildcards:

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Java Wildcards:

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Java Code Challenges for eginners:

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G1 GC official docs:

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Python vs Java: key differences and code

examples:

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More Java 17: An In-Depth Exploration

of the Java Language and Its Features:

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Effective Java 3rd Edition:

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Java asic Code Trainings:

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Choosing the best GC:

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Java Multithreading Multithreading in Java — Everything You MUST

Know:

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Handling Java Memory Consistency

with happensbefore relationship:

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Roach Motel and the Java Memory Model:

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Java Concurrency in Practice:

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Java Advanced Java Streams overview:

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All changes between Java 11 and 17:

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Java 9 modularity in 5 min:

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All changes from Java 8 to 11:

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About Java new class — Record:

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About Class Data Sharing:

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Graal VM first view:

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Graal VM alternative view:

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How to create Java library from Scratch:

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Modern Java — Top Features of Java 9 to 17:

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3 Databases&Data

Q
S L Databases Single vs Composite indexes:

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How pessimistic locking works:

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Postres vs MySQL:

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Postres vs MySQL performance comparasion:

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How to choose the right database for your service:

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SQL for Data Analytics: Perform fast

and efficient data analysis with the power of SQL:

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PostgreSQL Query Optimization:

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cient MySQL Performance:

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Advanced SQL Window functions:

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Q
NoS L Databases What is NoSQL?:

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The Main oSN Q Database Types:

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Hibernate ORM framework Hibernate Entity lifecycle:

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Java Persistence with Hibernate:

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High-Performance Java Persistence:

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Best Hibernate Guides by Vlad M:

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Hibernate Inheritance setup:

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Alternative ORM frameworks Different Java ORM tools:

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Introduction To iBatis:

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What’s the difference between JPA, Hibernate
and EclipseLink:

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A Guide to EclipseLink with Spring:

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4 C aching Systems

C aches Popular caching strategies:

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A list of cache providers:

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Pub/Sub and Event-Streaming Apache Kafka for beginners:

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Kafka description in 5 mins:

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Concurrently process a single Kafka partition:

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5 Spring framewor k
Spring Application framewor k How Spring BPP works:

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What are Conditional Beans?:

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Spring Boot in Action:

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Spring in Action, Sixth Edition:

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Spring Scheduler examples:

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Alternative Application frameworks Quarkus vs Spring Boot, short comparasion:

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Microservices: Quarkus vs Spring Boot:

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VertX in Action:

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6 RESTful services and WebAPI

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Trending REST best practices:

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REST vs Graph Q
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Idempotent vs Safe:

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API Design by B. Doerrfeld:

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CRUD API Design:

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Web & Data Security REST API Security:

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Top REST Security threats:

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JWT vs Cookies:

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CSRF vs SS:

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OAuth2 for Beginners:

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What is TLS?:

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Encryption algorithms overview:

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SSH vs TLS/SSL, the difference:

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Base64 vs H X for binary content:

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Tips for good Symmetric encryption:

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OAuth and PKCE:

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Microservices Microservices on Kubernetes vs Spring Cloud:

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API Gateway vs Direct Communication:

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API Gateway vs LoadBalancer:

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Distributed Transactions vs 2Phase Commit:

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What is SAGA pattern?:

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Microservices on Spring Cloud and Docker:

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Microservices explained — the What, Why

and How?:

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7 C ontainer Orchestration Tools

Orchestration Advanced Kubernetes features:

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MiniKube tutorial for beginners:

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Minikube official guide:

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Deploying Java app with Docker and Kubernetes:

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Deploying Java app with Docker and Kubernetes

(alternative version):

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Kubernetes YAML File Explained:

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Istio Setup in Kubernetes:

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Kubernetes amespaces:

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Kubernetes Operator simply explained:

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AWS EKS — Create Kubernetes cluster on Amazon

EKS:

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What is Helm in Kubernetes?:

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Service Mesh What is a service mesh? Service mesh benefits

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Mastering Service Mesh: Enhance, secure,

and observe cloud-native applications

with Istio, Linkerd, and Consul:

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Service Mesh on Kubernetes and Spring Boot:

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Istio и Service Mesh an easy explanation:

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8 Development

C loud Services AWS EBS Performance:

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What is Hypervisor?:

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Introducing Cloud Front Functions:

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Cloud Front functions in details:

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Cloud Strategy(Migration) by G. Hophe:

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Adrian Cantrill AWS course:

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Stephane Marek AWS course:

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John onso AWS Certi cation tests:

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