In the previous part of my Spring Data Solr tutorial, we learned that Solr provides a REST-like HTTP API which can be used to add information to Solr index and execute queries against indexed data. The problem is that running a separate Solr instance in a development environment is a bit cumbersome. However, not all […] Read more

Packt Publishing has generously allowed me to organize a contest where you can win a free ebook copy of my Spring Data book. This contest is open to everyone in the world and the prizes include three ebook copies of my Spring Data book. How to Enter? You can enter into the contest by following […] Read more

When I was asked to write a book about Spring Data by Packt Publishing, I was stunned. To be honest, I could not believe that this was happening to me. I know that this is a huge cliche but it felt like a dream. I almost had to pinch myself to ensure that I was […] Read more

This is the ninth and the last part of my Spring Data JPA tutorial. Now it is time to take a look of what we have learned, and how we should use it to build better software. Table of Contents The contents of my Spring Data JPA tutorial is given in following: Part One: Configuration […] Read more

Although Spring Data JPA provides an excellent support for implementing CRUD operations and creating database queries, sometimes we need to do things that are not supported by it. For example, Spring Data JPA doesn't provide a built-in support for querying DTOs by using SQL. Luckily for us, we can "extend" our Spring Data JPA repositories […] Read more