failsafe VS Modern Java - A Guide to Java 8

A couple of libraries implement these features on the JVM. In this post, we will look at Microprofile Fault Tolerance, Failsafe and Resilience4J.

There are some nice libraries out there that shoot for having zero dependencies (e.g. Methanol, Failsafe) and posts about why it is a good idea for libraries to aim for zero dependencies (jOOQ blog post from 2016).

https://failsafe.dev

If you still want to keep the retry, have a look at failsafe or resilience4j.

I like Failsafe personally. Nice clear API.

Here are some resources I've found helpful and have read or are on my backlog to catch up with these developments:

- https://github.com/wesleyegberto/java-new-features (terse, includes links to JEPs, good jumping off point)

- https://github.com/winterbe/java8-tutorial (quick tour through features of Java 8)

- https://winterbe.com/posts/2018/09/24/java-11-tutorial/ (same for Java 11)

Books:

- Java 8 in Action / Modern Java in Action (Raoul-Gabriel Urma, Alan Mycroft, Mario Fusco; 2014 and 2018 respectively)

- The Well-Grounded Java Developer (Martijn Verburg, Benjamin Evans, Jason Clark; 2022) - not specifically focused on new features but does cover them in the context of going deeper into Java and the JVM.

Otherwise, learning Maven has been really important. As for learning the language, I liked Winterbe's guides. Here's one. https://github.com/winterbe/java8-tutorial