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 - July 9th, 2019

Engineering | July 09, 2019 | ...

Hi Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! I've just returned from Medellín, Columbia, yesterday, and am now in sunny Chicago for the epic SpringOne Tour Chicago event. And tomorrow, it's off to Lima, Peru. It's figuring to be quite a week!

As usual, we've got a lot to get to so let's do!

A Bootiful Podcast: Dr. Venkat Subramaniam on Kotlin, the future of Java, Spring, open-source, being productive and awesome, and so much more.

Engineering | July 05, 2019 | ...

Hi, Spring fans! Happy 4th to those of you who celebrate. In today's episode, I talk to the man, the myth, the legend, the good Dr. Venkat Subramaniam on Kotlin, the future of Java, Spring, open-source, being productive and awesome, and so much more.

This Week in Spring - July 2nd, 2019

Engineering | July 03, 2019 | ...

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! This week I'm sunny summer-time San Francisco indulging in a little downtime. Last week was a doozy! I visited Tampa, Flordia; Paris, France; and finally Santiago, Dominican Republic. Later this week, after the 4th of July holiday here in the States, I'll head on over to Medellin, Columbia for JConf Columbia; Chicago, Illinois for the epic SpringOne Tour Chicago event; and then Lima, Peru for the JConf Peru event.

I'm so looking forward to a few weeks of fun talking to amazing developers around the globe. If you're around, as usual, don't hesitate to reach out to me on @starbuxman

Spring Tips - Season 6 Recap

Engineering | June 26, 2019 | ...

Hi Spring fans! It's the end of yet another season of Spring Tips! I finished season 5 very recently, and had planned to leave it there for a month or two, but there were so many amazing things yet uncovered and constantly being released that I ended up releasing more episodes for what would become season 6. Now, I've finished season 6, and an extra episode besides, and will be taking a brief break to gather for the next season and take a few weeks to soak up and savor the summer season with my family.

Please follow @SpringTipsLive on Twitter. I'd love any ideas you have for the new season. In the meantime, I'll still be doing the Bootiful Podcast (@BootifulPodcast on Twitter), if you want to listen instead of watch, and of course there is my weekly…

This Week in Spring - June 25, 2019

Engineering | June 25, 2019 | ...

Hi Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring. Today I'm in beautiful Tampla, Fl, where I got to talk to a wonderful Pivotal customer today. Now I'm at TPA airport preparing to board for Paris, France, for JHipsterConf.

We've got a ton to cover so let's get to it!

This Week in Spring - June 18, 2019

Engineering | June 18, 2019 | ...

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