Spring Boot's (impressively!) flexible externalization of properties, with multiple property sources, can raise questions such as, "Did the application merge the properties from the multiple sources ...

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 ...

One of the most common problems identified by static code analysis tools is the presence of plain text passwords written directly into configuration files. It's ...