Spring Batch Tutorial: Creating a Custom ItemReader

Spring Batch has a good support for reading the input data of a batch job from different data sources such as files (CSV, XML) and databases. However, it's quite common that you have to read the input data from a data source that's not supported out of the box. This means that you have to […] Read more

The Best Comments of February 2016

I think that the best part of writing a blog is to get comments from my readers. Because I have learned a lot from my readers, I want to “reward” the best comments, help you to learn new things, and (hopefully) encourage people to leave more comments. The rules are simple: I select X best […] Read more

Java Testing Weekly 9 / 2016

There are many software development blogs out there, but many of them don't publish testing articles on a regular basis. Also, I have noticed that some software developers don't read blogs written by software testers. That is a shame because I think that we can learn a lot from them. That is why I decided […] Read more

Java Testing Weekly 8 / 2016

There are many software development blogs out there, but many of them don't publish testing articles on a regular basis. Also, I have noticed that some software developers don't read blogs written by software testers. That is a shame because I think that we can learn a lot from them. That is why I decided […] Read more