Developers like to code. They declare variables, write methods and integrate classes together. What developers aren't big on is configuration. It's a hassle to configure an application so that it can ...

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Novice programmers rarely see the value in externalized configuration. It's tedious and doesn't result in an immediate payoff. That means this task is often overlooked or done poorly, if at all. For ...

As the spring equinox approaches on March 20, you might be wondering about how to maximize the season. How can you take advantage of the lovely weather, the budding trees and the blooming flowers to ...

Spring MVC is the Spring framework’s traditional library for building Java web applications. It is one of the most popular web frameworks for building fully functional Java web applications and ...

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