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Lombok is not a new thing in a Java ecosystem, but I must admit I always underestimated its value until I tried it or I was “convienced” to try it. I did not see much value in adding a library that generates code that can be easily generated by any modern IDE these days. So I ignored the library and I have been writing or generating tons of boilerplate code. Not anymore. In 2016 I joined a Spring-based project where project Lombok was already in place. And since then I can’t work without Lombok anymore… Why?

Recently I have been working on a project that has two main modules: Backend and Frontend. The Backend is a Spring Boot application and the Frontend is an AngularJS 1.3 application. While preparing the build we are using Grunt for building AngularJS code and Gradle for building the Spring Boot application. Grunt is creating a JAR file containing all resources and copies it to Spring Boot application. Then Gradle takes the JAR and adds it to the resulting WAR. Long story made short. Both Backend and Frontend are different Git repositories, initially managed by different teams. Both needs to be checked to the same root folder, so the building process will properly run. In order to do the it on Jenkins, Multiple SCMs Plugin Jenkins plugin can be used. The plugin simplifies the configuration of such a build.

Constructing objects in tests is usually a painstaking work and usually it produces a lot of repeatable and hard to read code. There are two common solutions for working with complex test data: Object Mother and Test Data Builder . Both has advantages and disadvantages, but (smartly) combined can bring new quality to your tests.

Favicon is an icon (favicon.ico) associated with your website. Not every website is using favicon though. But most browsers do not care about it and they make request for it anyways. When favicon is not in place the server will return unnecessary 404 Not Found error.

To build a good team you need to look for really good people. In my current company , we are instantly looking for good developers ( http://kariera.goyello.com/ ). I am personally engaged with recruitment for Java developers (not only though). It is not easy job to find good people. During all the years, we have been adjusting our process and we ended up with really simple assignment that we give during the technical part of the interview. And sometimes it is amazing what we see there!