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Jonny Hackett

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Jonny is a Senior Software Engineer and Mentor with 15+ years of experience in IT. As an avid SportingKC fan, Jonny is a Java Developer and our resident Spring Batch expert.

Using GitHub Copilot for Pull Request Reviews: Benefits, Best Practices, and Real-World Experience

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In this article, I’ll share how I’ve been using GitHub Copilot for PR reviews, where it provides the most value, where it falls short, and the best practices I’ve found for incorporating it into an effective code review workflow.

While most developers think of Copilot as a tool for assisting in writing code (Copilot Chat) or autocompleting code (Copilot plugin in your favorite IDE), itโ€™s during pull request reviews that I find Copilot the most impressive. GitHub Copilot can analyze code changes, generate summaries, identify potential issues, and even suggest fixes before another developer ever opens the PR…

Writing Java Code and Unit Tests Faster with GitHub Copilot Header image - explains the blog post intent - Learn how to use GitHub Copilot to generate Java code and unit testsโ€”using a real mortgage calculator exampleโ€”with practical tips on retaining quality code using AI-assisted development tools.

Writing Java Code and Unit Tests Faster with GitHub Copilot

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In this post, weโ€™ll explore how to use GitHub Copilot to generate Java code and unit tests with minimal manual input. Using a real-world exampleโ€”a mortgage calculator serviceโ€”youโ€™ll see how Copilot can help write both the core logic and the corresponding unit tests. Whether youโ€™re new to AI-assisted development or curious about Copilotโ€™s capabilities in a Java environment, this tutorial will give you practical insight into how it worksโ€”and where human oversight still matters.

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Testing Spring Boot Rest APIs with Rest-Assured

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Attention: This article was published over 2 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. While some topics are evergreen, technology moves fast, so please keep that in mind as you read the post.Creating RESTful APIs with Spring Boot is a straightforward process, making it a popular choice for a variety of applications, from UI to batch …

Optimizing Output File Testing in Spring Batch

Optimizing Output File Testing in Spring Batch

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Attention: This article was published over 3 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. While some topics are evergreen, technology moves fast, so please keep that in mind as you read the post.Itโ€™s quite common to build Spring Batch jobs in which the output is a file for distribution to another team, or to another business. …

Spring Batch Job Flow

Spring Batch Job Flow Using a JobExecutionDecider

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In this tutorial for Spring Batch, we’re going to take a look at Programmatic Flow decisions in a Spring Batch job using Spring’s JobExecutionDecider. Spring Batch is a pretty powerful framework and this is another useful tool to have in your Spring Batch toolbox.

To demonstrate, I’ll use a scenario that came up recently while working on my clientโ€™s project. After explaining the situation and my goals, Iโ€™ll jump into a detailed, step-by-step guide. Letโ€™s get started!