Earlier we created our first Spring Data JPA repository that provides CRUD operations for todo entries. Although that is a good start, that doesn't help us to write real life applications because we have no idea how we can query information from the database by using custom search criteria. One way to find information from […] Read more

This year I greeted Christmas in a different fashion: I was a part of the Java Advent Calendar. Let's boot up for Christmas: Spring Boot is an opinionated framework that simplifies the development of Spring applications. It frees us from the slavery of complex configuration files and helps us to create standalone Spring applications that […] Read more

Before we can create an application that uses Spring Data JPA, we need to get the required dependencies. This blog post identifies the required components and describes how we can get them by using Maven. Let's get started. Additional Reading: If you are not familiar with Spring Data JPA, you should read the following blog […] Read more

Creating repositories that use the Java Persistence API is a cumbersome process that takes a lot of time and requires a lot of boilerplate code. We can eliminate some boilerplate code by following these steps: Create an abstract base repository class that provides CRUD operations for entities. Create the concrete repository class that extends the […] Read more

JOOQ is a library which helps us to get in control of our SQL. It can generate code from our database and help us to build typesafe database queries by using its fluent API. The earlier parts of this tutorial have taught us how we can configure the application context of our application, generate code […] Read more