Guides

Learn how to build data centric Spring Boot applications with JPA Buddy and IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate faster than ever. In this guide, we’ll build the application from scratch. You will see how to generate JPA entities and Spring Data repositories, create DTOs and MapStruct mappers in a couple of minutes and write Liquibase/Flyway scripts in a safer way.

Watch how to create tests for a Spring Boot application faster with Testcontainers and JPA Buddy. It will take a couple of minutes to set up a test database, create a schema, fill it with sample data and run the test.

Writing database migration scripts is a time-consuming and error-prone task. JPA Buddy can save you a lot of time thanks to advanced database analysis and Flyway migrations generation. Watch the video and figure it out!

Writing database migration scripts is a time-consuming and error-prone task. JPA Buddy can save you a lot of time thanks to advanced database analysis and Liquibase changelogs generation.

DTOs are essential for web apps. However, they bring boilerplate: dozens of classes that nearly copy your entities... and each comes with a mapper. JPA Buddy provides features that reduce time on daily routine work. From DTOs and entity generation to smart code completion - it's all in your toolbox. Spend less time on creating mappers, building DTOs, and injecting repositories. Watch the video and figure it out!

Many prefer to design the database schema first and then synchronize corresponding JPA entities with DB tables. JPA Buddy supports such a DB-first approach. You can generate entities from existing tables with relations, convert individual columns to entity fields, set up preferable mapping rules and more!

This video will show you why using `ddl-auto` and `hbm2ddl` properties is not a good idea. With JPA Buddy, you have a better way to convert entities into DDL statements. You can fully control the process and review DDL before execution, set up proper Java → DB types mapping, and do many more things. Watch the video to create better DDL!

In this video, we'll use IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate, Swagger Codegen, and JPA Buddy to build a fully working Spring Boot application based on the OpenAPI specification file.

Accelerate your JPA development process with IntelliJ IDEA and JPA Buddy keyboard shortcuts! In this video, we'll show you how to leverage JPA Buddy features to write code faster. And if you're a Kotlin fan, don't worry - all the features we showcase in this video are also available in Kotlin. Don't miss out on this opportunity to streamline your JPA development process!

Whether you're a seasoned Java developer or just getting started with JPA, this guide has insights and advice to make using Lombok with JPA smoother. You'll learn valuable tips to simplify your development process and ways to avoid common pitfalls.