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Quarkus tests with Testcontainers and PostgreSQL

Testcontainers is a Java library that allows integrating Docker containers in JUnit tests with ease. In a Containerized World , there is little sense to complicate the tests configuration with embedded databases and services. Instead, use run your services in Docker and let the Testcontainers manage this for you. So if you are need Redis, MongoDB or PostgreSQL in your tests - Testcontainers may become your good friend. In this blog post you will learn how to configure Testcontainers to manage PostgreSQL instance in Quarkus integration tests.

Getting started with Quarkus - build PetClinic REST API

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Quarkus - A Kubernetes Native Java stack tailored for OpenJDK HotSpot and GraalVM, crafted from the best of breed Java libraries and standards. - is a container-first framework optimized for fast boot times and low memory consumption. The framework is build on top of many popular Java libraries and it provides support for building standard REST as well as reactive and message-driven microservices. Thanks to the fast startup times and low memory usage Quarkus can also be used to implement functions in serverless environment. Quarkus gives a lot of possibilities to develop apps faster thanks to unified configuration, amazing live reloading features and tooling support. Learn how to get started with Quarkus and build a PetClinic REST API. This blog post covers: Requirements for development environment Creating new project Developing, building and running the application with Java 11 Datasource configuration with Postgres and Flyway CRUD service with pagination C

Set Visual Studio Code as default editor in jshell

Java Shell ( jshell ) is an interactive tool for learning and prototyping in Java. It was introduced with Java 9 and since then I use it ocassionally either for some quick prototyping, during presentations or simply to verify new features in the Java language. Since jshell is a command line tool (with basic intellisense) editing files in jshell is not the best expierience. Fortunatelly, jshell allows changing the default editor and set it to the one of your choice, including Visual Studio Code , Atom or Sublime .