Sharpen the Saw - October
Microservices again, but also some Javascript, Angular and Java 8.
Microservices
Martin Fowler wrote about when to split up an application or service, the cost involved, and the danger of premature decomposition. My favourite quote from this blog post: the skill of the team will outweigh any monolith/microservice choice.
AngularJS and Javascript
AngularJS 2.0 will not be backward compatible with AngularJS 1.x. This blog post describes a migration path.
If you’re interested in learning ECMAScript 6, Tower of Babel is a nice series of exercises introducing ES6 features.
Java 8
And finally a very interesting series on Java 8, but it’s best to drink a strong espresso before diving in: