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IntelliJ IDEA Tips & Tricks: Multiple Cursors
Sometimes it is useful to edit multiple places in the file at once, which can save you precious time and increase your productivity. IntelliJ IDEA supports having multiple cursors at once, meaning you can type and edit at multiple locations at the same time.
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Java Cloning Problems
Java's mechanism for copying objects is deeply flawed. What are the alternatives? What are the pitfalls if you decide to use Java cloning anyway?
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Java 9: Compact Strings
Java 9 brings a new, improved string, which in most cases, will greatly reduce String memory consumption.
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Java 9: Enhanced deprecation
@Deprecated annotation, introduced in Java 5, received several enhancements in Java 9, which makes easier to document deprecated API.
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Premium Quality Tests
Test quality is just as important as that of production code. Tests should not be excluded from quality checks and the same quality rules should be applied.
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Preventing Clickjacking
Clickjacking is an attack, where the user is tricked into performing an unwanted action by clicking on a seemingly harmless element. How to prevent it?
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Detecting dependencies with known vulnerabilities
How to automatically detect vulnerable third-party libraries as a part of your build process, integrate it with CI and track vulnerable dependencies over time?
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BEM – Writing CSS using Block Element Modifier Methodology
BEM is a lightweight front-end development methodology which makes your code more flexible, modular and reusable.
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PostgreSQL’s JSONB type mapping using Hibernate
PostgreSQL 9.4 added support for JSONB data type. Hibernate, however, currently does not support out of the box mapping for it. This post describes how to implement custom mapping for JSONB in Spring Boot application.
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Avoid Utility Classes
Utility classes, while popular, have some serious implications and you should think twice before using them.
