Seanie Gleason

What is Spring Boot?

Spring vs Spring Boot vs Spring Cloud, and how to know the difference.

Posted on February 17, 2023

Before jumping into what Spring Boot is, we first need to discuss Spring and the Java ecosystem circa 2003. [Read More]

New Year Resolutions and Spring Boot upgrades

Spring Boot 3.0.0 released, and keeping up with the tides

Posted on January 30, 2023

2023 is going to be an exciting new year for me and Spring Boot development! [Read More]

Developing Enterprise Spring Boot Starters

One of Spring Boot’s main goals is to make development easier. In my previous article, I demoed how to layer enterprise libraries on top of the spring boot stack. This time I wanted to show the benefits of creating libraries using this method by developing our own in-house enterprise starter.... [Read More]

Creating Internal Java Libraries, the Spring Boot Way

BOM's, Autoconfigure, oh my!

Posted on July 20, 2022

Spring changed the way alot of programmers thought about dependency injection. Spring Boot’s aim was to tighten the dependency chain with Spring, and provide autoconfiguration that allows programmers to start developing applications with minimum fuss. [Read More]

Why Spring Boot Config should almost never be on the Config Server

Docker Compose is not always the answer!

Posted on April 13, 2022

Spring Cloud Config Server is a wonderful tool when developing Spring Boot apps. It can externalize all of your application configuration into one location, and even provide a layer of security with its secret store. However, not all of this is a good thing. [Read More]