The previous part of this tutorial described how we can create database queries with the @Query annotation. This tutorial has now covered two of the three methods which we can use to create query methods with Spring Data JPA. This blog post describes the last method. We will learn to create database queries by using […] Read more

The previous part of this tutorial described how we can create database queries from the method names of our query methods. Although that strategy has its advantages, it has its weaknesses as well. This blog post describes how we can avoid those weaknesses by using the @Query annotation. We will also implement a simple search […] Read more

The previous part of this tutorial taught us to pass method parameters to our query methods and described what kind of values we can return from them. This blog post describes how we can create query methods by using the query generation from the method name strategy. We will also implement a simple search function […] Read more

There are many good reasons why using a new library, framework, or programming language (later referred as a tool) is not worth it. However, for some reason the most common reason I hear is: We don’t have time to learn how to use it. It is easy to think that this argument is used by […] Read more

I think that software development is more than just a job. I see myself as an artisan who is trying to get better every day. The "easiest way" to do this is to find a few good tools and find the answers to these questions: When should I use the tool X? How should I […] Read more