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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 ...

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 ...

The Spring Framework is possibly the most iconic software development framework of all time. It once suffered from a reputation of bloat, but it has long since shed that perception. The heart of ...