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

A Bootiful Podcast: Spring Framework and Spring Boot legend Stéphane Nicoll on a Bootiful Podcast

Engineering | July 13, 2023 | ...

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of A Bootiful Podcast! In this installment, Josh Long talk to Spring team legend Stéphane Nicoll (@snicoll) about Spring Boot, Apache Maven and Gradle, his journey to the Spring team, and so much more. This episode was recorded live from beautiful Barcelona, Spain, from the epic Spring I/O event in May of 2023!

This Week in Spring - July 11th, 2023

Engineering | July 11, 2023 | ...

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! I'm in yummy, sunny Jakarta, Indonesia at the moment, preparing for a week of meetings and the SpringOne Tour Indonesia event later this week. I'll also be speaking in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on July 20th, 2023 . If you're in either of these regions, please come out and join me for what is sure to be a ton of fun on our journey to production!

Anyway, we've got a ton of stuff to dive into this week, so let's get to it.

Azure Spring Apps Enterprise – More Power, Scalability & Extended Spring Boot Support

Engineering | July 11, 2023 | ...

Can you believe Spring is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year? We could not have gotten here without our millions of Spring developers across the globe, thank you! Spring has been an essential tool for Java developers, and it continues to grow and innovate at a fast pace. From the onset, Azure and VMware Tanzu have been trusted partners to customers for running mission-critical Java and Spring workloads. Our commitment and fondness for the Java Spring developer community have never wavered.

Microsoft and VMware Tanzu Collaboration Continues

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This Week in Spring - July 4th, 2023

Engineering | July 04, 2023 | ...

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! This week I am in sweltering, but lovely, Singapore, where I'm meeting with customers and just finished presenting at the SpringOne Tour Singapore stop.

If you're in Singapore, I hope you'll join me tonight for Bootiful Spring Boot 3.x with Josh Long, Tue, Jul 4, 2023, 6:00 PM. It's going to be a ton of fun!

I'll be doing a SpringOne Tour event next week in Jakarta, Indonesia, on the 13th of July. Don't miss this!

We've got a crazy busy roundup to get to so let's dive right in!

Building intelligent Spring Apps with Azure OpenAI

Engineering | July 02, 2023 | ...

Note from Josh: Hi, Spring fans! I wanted to cross post this article looking at using Spring and Azure OpenAI from Microsoft's Sean Li because it's interesting: enjoy!

Integrating cutting-edge artificial intelligence into apps has become a new trend in today's technological landscape. Spring is the most popular Java framework in the market, known for its simplicity, design patterns and focus on productivity for developing enterprise-grade applications. In this blog, we delve into the exciting realm of leveraging Spring with Azure OpenAI to unlock a new realm of possibilities. You can…

This Week in Spring - June 27th, 2023

Engineering | June 27, 2023 | ...

Hi Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! This week I am in Seoul talking to developers about the latest-and-greatest in Spring Boot 3! There's so much great stuff coming, and so much great stuff already. There are a few things I'm super excited about.

First, yesterday I did a joint presentation with my friend the one the only the amazing Trustin Lee, creator of Netty and lead of the Armeria Project over at LINE corporation. LINE is a super popular social messaging application used a lot in Korea and in Japan. It was a ton of fun collaborating with, and copresenting with, him

This Week in Spring - June 20th, 2023

Engineering | June 20, 2023 | ...

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! I'm in Sydney, Australia, talking to customers, koalas, kangaroos, and whoever else will listen! I'll be doing a live presentation, tonight at the Microsoft Reactor here in Sydney. Register now and come join me!

As usual, we've got a ton of stuff to get through so let's dive right into it!

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