Josh Long

Josh Long

Josh (@starbuxman) is the Spring Developer Advocate at Pivotal and a Java Champion. He's host of "A Bootiful Podcast" (https://soundcloud.com/a-bootiful-podcast), host of the "Spring Tips Videos" (http://bit.ly/spring-tips-playlist), co-author of 6+ books (http://joshlong.com/books.html), and instructor on 8+ Livelessons Training Videos (http://joshlong.com/livelessons.html)

Recent Blog posts by Josh Long

Spring Tips: Go Further, Faster with Spring Boot 3.3 (UPDATED)

Engineering | June 27, 2024 | ...
NB: I had an error in the AppCDS demo in the older video. This video supercedes that video, with a re-recorded segment on AppCDS. Make sure you're watching the latest of these two similarly titled videos! Hi, Spring fans! In this installment we look at ways to make your applications go further, faster, with AppCDS, GraalVM, AOT on the JRE, and Project CRaC (coordinate restore at checkpoint) #springboot #java #graalvm #programming #coding

This Week in Spring - June 25th, 2024

Engineering | June 25, 2024 | ...
Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! As I write this I'm in beautiful Amsterdam, having visited with customers and spoken at a local Java User Group. Now I'm off to lovely London, UK. Last week I was in Krakow, Poland, for the amazing Devoxx PL event, and in Paris before that. It's really nice to a) have this relaxed pace and b) be in Europe during the summer months. I'm so used to being here in the frozen winter months. Amazing. You know what else is amazing? The community! There's a ton of cool stuff to dive into this week, so let's get to it! In last week…

Spring Tips: Introducing Spring Modulith

Engineering | June 20, 2024 | ...
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment we look at the amazing Spring Modulith project. It's goal is to help you better structure your codebase for architectural scalability. It's an amazing and refreshing approach to building applications. Think of it like a chance to pair program on the architecture of your codebase with the Spring team. #architecture #java #springboot #javaframework #java21 #microservicesarchitecture #softwarearchitecture

This Week in Spring - June 18th, 2024

Engineering | June 18, 2024 | ...
Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! I've just come from Paris, France, and now I'm in equally beautiful Krakow, Poland, for the amazing Devoxx PL event. We've got a ton of good stuff to dive into, so let's get going! In last week's installment of Spring Tips, I looked at Spring Boot 3.3's new Software Bill of Materials support. Spring Tools 4.23.0 released. In last week's installment of A Bootiful Podcast, I talked to Google's Cloud legend Abdel Sghiouar. Spring Framework 6.1.9, 6.0.22, and 5.3.37 available now. Spring Framework 6.2.0 M4 available now…

This Week in Spring - June 11th, 2024

Engineering | June 10, 2024 | ...
This Week in Spring - June 10th, 2024 Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! I'm in Paris, France, to talk to organizations using and working with Spring. Then, next week, it's off to Krakow, Poland, for the amazing Devoxx PL event! I can't wait. If you're around, don't hesitate to say "hi"! We've got an amazing roundup, so let's dive right into it! I did a talk at Spring IO 2024 in Barcelona that introduced the latest-and-greatest in Spring Boot, and I think you might like it. (Others did; it was voted the most popular talk...) Two short weeks ago, I was in…

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