In the first part we clarified why Hibernate will still be the benchmark for Java developers in 2026. But if you only see Hibernate as a pure SQL generator, sooner or later you will stumble upon unexpected behavior. To truly master Hibernate 7, we need to look under the hood and understand how the …

Hello everyone, since I’m currently dealing with a migration from Hibernate 6 to Hibernate 7, I thought I would write a multi-part article series on the topic. This is the first article in a series and deals with the absolute basics.

Eight years after the release of JUnit 5, the time has finally come: JUnit 6 is here. Anyone expecting an incremental update will be surprised. JUnit 6 is not just a refactoring, but a significant leap that sheds old baggage and makes the framework fit for the next decade of Java development - …