A place where Praveer shares his learnings on software craftsmanship.https://praveergupta.in/https://praveergupta.in/blog/practical-guide-to-java-stream-api/https://praveergupta.in/blog/practical-guide-to-java-stream-api/An introduction to Java 8's Stream API and how it brings a declarative approach to operations over collections.Sat, 24 Nov 2018 00:00:00 GMTjavahttps://praveergupta.in/blog/offline-installation-of-python-packages-and-ruby-gems/https://praveergupta.in/blog/offline-installation-of-python-packages-and-ruby-gems/How to install Python packages and Ruby gems offline on systems without internet access.Tue, 06 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMTdevopshttps://praveergupta.in/blog/using-java-8-function-interface-for-extension/https://praveergupta.in/blog/using-java-8-function-interface-for-extension/Extending existing interfaces without breaking code using Java 8's Function interface and its apply, compose and andThen methods.Fri, 03 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMTjavafunctional-programminghttps://praveergupta.in/blog/practical-guide-to-java-8-s-date-time-api/https://praveergupta.in/blog/practical-guide-to-java-8-s-date-time-api/A practical guide to the everyday features of Java 8's Date Time API (JSR-310).Fri, 03 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMTjavahttps://praveergupta.in/blog/spring-up-an-application-quickly-with-spring-boot/https://praveergupta.in/blog/spring-up-an-application-quickly-with-spring-boot/A video walkthrough of how Spring Boot lets you spring up an application quickly with sensible defaults.Sat, 05 Nov 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://praveergupta.in/blog/how-functional-programming-helps-me-write-clean-code/https://praveergupta.in/blog/how-functional-programming-helps-me-write-clean-code/How functional programming techniques help me write code that is easy to read and reason about.Fri, 05 Aug 2016 00:00:00 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GMTjavahttps://praveergupta.in/blog/writing-test-data-builders-made-easy-with-kotlin/https://praveergupta.in/blog/writing-test-data-builders-made-easy-with-kotlin/Using Kotlin's language features to write concise, readable Test Data Builders for your tests.Sat, 26 Dec 2015 00:00:00 GMTkotlintestinghttps://praveergupta.in/blog/understanding-thread-interruption-in-java/https://praveergupta.in/blog/understanding-thread-interruption-in-java/How thread interruption works in Java and how to use it to stop long-running tasks cleanly.Sun, 06 Dec 2015 00:00:00 GMTjavahttps://praveergupta.in/blog/using-optional-to-specify-presence-or-absence-of-a-value/https://praveergupta.in/blog/using-optional-to-specify-presence-or-absence-of-a-value/How Java 8's Optional helps model the presence or absence of a value and write null-safe code.Sat, 19 Sep 2015 00:00:00 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