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

This Week in Spring - Spring Boot 3.2 edition - November 21st, 2023

Engineering | November 21, 2023 | ...

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another epic installment of This Week in Spring! As amazing as the week's already been, it's all leading up to this Thursday - Thanksgiving day! - when we release Spring Boot 3.2! (and yes, I am very grateful). This release is stuffed to the gills with a ton of new features:

  • reloadable SSL support
  • the new JdbcClient and the new RestClient, from Spring Framework 6.1.
  • Java 21 virtual threads (project Loom)
  • Coordinated Restore at Checkpoint (CRaC)
  • observability improvements
  • a ton of new and updated dependencies, like the newly integrated Spring for Apache Pulsar starter and autoconfiguration, the new Testcontainer support for ActiveMQ, and so much more.

This Week in Spring - November 14th, 2023

Engineering | November 14, 2023 | ...

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! It's November 14th, and you know what that means? NINE MORE DAYS until Spring Boot 3.2 drops (on the day of the US holiday of Thanksgiving, no less)!

Some key features include:

  • virtual threads
  • initial CRaC support
  • more sophisticated observability with Micrometerio
  • JdbcClient, RestClient
  • ActiveMQ Testcontainers/ Docker Compose support
  • Kotlin 1.9.0

I can't wait for the next release. I've been playing with it for months. It builds on the strenghts of Spring Boot 3.0 and 3.1. 3.0 brought GraalVM native images, and 3.…

This Week in Spring - November 7th, 2023

Engineering | November 07, 2023 | ...

Hi, Spring fans!

Can you believe we've already turned the calendar page to November? Time sure is a swift developer, deploying months as if they were minor versions in an ever-evolving application. As we adjust our clocks to fall back, waving a reluctant goodbye to daylight savings time, the encroaching evening arrives with a brisk efficiency. Yes, it's dark outside, a bit too early for my liking, if I'm honest. The shortened days remind us that while we may not be in control of the celestial clock, we do have the power to harness the hours we're given. This is the perfect time to settle in…

This Week in Spring - October 31st, 2023

Engineering | October 31, 2023 | ...

Hi Spring fans, and Happy Halloween from the Spring team to those who celebrate!

I hope your evening is fun and your day free of scary bugs!

My friends, we've got some interesting stuff to look at this week so let's dive right into it.

This Week in Spring - October 24th, 2023

Engineering | October 24, 2023 | ...

Hi, Spring fans! This week I'm in Lisbon, and Porto, Portugal, ahead of the Porto Tech Hub event in Porto, and my tour bus is about to leave! So, let's dive right into it!

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