📌 Spock vs JUnit 5 - the ultimate feature comparison
· ☕ 18 min read
What is the best testing framework for Java code nowadays? Spock or JUnit 5? Check it out in this ultimate feature comparison.
Security issue in Parcellite <= 1.2.1
· ☕ 5 min read
Parcellite clipboard manager might cause your copied secrets to be stored as plain-text in system logs.
More compact parameterized tests reporting in Spock 2.1
· ☕ 5 min read
Get even more compact reporting for parameterized tests with Spock 2.1.
Running Spock with unsupported Groovy version (Gradle + Maven)
· ☕ 11 min read
Stuck with the 'The Spock compiler plugin cannot execute because Spock 1.3-groovy-2.5 (3.0) is not compatible with Groovy 3.0 (4.0)' error message? Find out what can be done about that (using Gradle and Maven).
Unified Gradle projects releasing to Maven Central in 2021 + migration guide
· ☕ 6 min read
In dark times of JCenter shutdown, get know the unified power of releasing to Maven Central with brand new Gradle Nexus Publish Plugin. A migration guide is included.
What happened to Groovy dependencies in Spock 2.0?
· ☕ 3 min read
Spock 2.0(-M3) reduced number of provided Groovy dependencies. If you started to get various Groovy-related 'ClassNotFoundException's after migration and wonder why and what to do, read on.
Simpler and safer artifact signing on CI server with Gradle
· ☕ 4 min read
Check out how to simplify your Gradle configuration for artifact signing (and releasing) on a CI server (and along the way avoid CVE-2020-13165 in Gradle <6.5).
Places where you REALLY NEED to use 'assert' keyword in Spock assertions
· ☕ 5 min read
Make sure you know all the places where putting the 'assert' keyword in Spock is necessary to avoid false sense of security and tests which - effectively - do nothing.
Mysteriously broken reduction operation on parallel streams in Java (explained)
· ☕ 11 min read
How to not get into trouble writing custom reduction operation on (parallel) streams with Java 8+ (including Java 14).
Improved 'instanceof' operator in Java 14
· ☕ 3 min read
Make your code simpler with implicit casting in improved 'instanceof' operator in Java 14.
Enable Java 14 preview features in Gradle, Maven and Idea
· ☕ 2 min read
Discover how to enable Java 14 preview features in Gradle, Maven, Idea and Command line.
PIT, JUnit 5 and Gradle - with just one extra line of configuration
· ☕ 3 min read
Discover dead simple, improved PIT and JUnit 5 configuration in Gradle (with gradle-pitest-plugin 1.4.7+).
Farewell WordPress, bonjour Hugo
· ☕ 3 min read
Get know about my blog migration from WordPress to Hugo and the reasons behind it.