Modern TDD-oriented Java 8 JUnit test template for Idea (with Mockito and AssertJ)

Tune up your JUnit test class template for Idea with the BDD-like syntax, Java 8 and the Mockito-AssertJ duo. Topics…

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Importance of given-when-then in unit tests and TDD

Recently, I’ve been writing rather about more advanced concepts related to automatic testing (mostly related to Spock). However, conducting my…

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Gradle tricks – display buildscript dependencies

The simply way how buildscript dependencies (e.g. plugins) can be displayed and analyzed in Gradle Introduction This is the third…

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Better dealing with “Could not find property X on plugin Y” in Gradle 2.13

Missing username, password or token to a service you may have never heard of? It usually happens when you try…

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Parallel execution of blocking tasks with RxJava and Completable

” How parallel execution of blocking “side-effect only” (aka void) tasks became easier with Completable abstraction introduced in RxJava 1.1.1.…

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Using Mockito without static imports with Java 8

How to simplify Mockito usage by removing static imports in Java 8 based projects. Rationale Mockito API is based on…

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Simpler handling of asynchronous transaction bound events in Spring 4.2

Introduction As you probably already know (e.g. from my previous blog post) it is no longer needed to create a…

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Annotation-driven event listeners in Spring 4.2

Introduction Exchanging events within the application has become indispensable part of many applications and thankfully Spring provides a complete infrastructure…

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Deploy to Maven Central using API key (aka auth token)

How to communicate with Maven Central/Nexus without using the password kept locally unencrypted (especially with Gradle, but not limited to…

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