Stéphane Nicoll

Stéphane Nicoll

Stéphane is an experienced software engineer and open source contributor with a strong focus on Java enterprise development, software architecture, and technical leadership. Over the years, he has contributed to and led a wide range of initiatives, including the development of critical infrastructure in logistics and geospatial systems, as well as the design of enterprise frameworks widely adopted across the industry.

Stéphane is a core contributor to the Spring Framework and Spring Boot open source projects, and previously led Spring Initializr and start.spring.io, supporting developers worldwide in getting started with Spring. As a former member of the Apache Maven PMC, he has been actively involved in open source software governance and evolution for two decades.

As a member of the Spring team, Stéphane has had the privilege of working on various aspects of Spring Boot and Spring Framework, with a focus on understanding its inner workings and collaborating with the fantastic community of contributors.

Connect with Stéphane ("snicoll") on Bsky, Mastodon, and GitHub to follow his ongoing journey in the world of Java development.

Recent Blog posts by Stéphane Nicoll

Spring Framework 5.2.0.M3 and 5.1.8 available now

Releases | June 13, 2019 | ...

On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, I am pleased to announce that Spring Framework 5.2.0.M3 and 5.1.8 are available now.

The third milestone of Spring Framework 5.2 includes 50 fixes and improvements while Spring Framework 5.1.8 includes 31 fixes and selected improvements.

If you want to give the milestone a try, you can boostrap a new application on start.spring.io once Spring Boot 2.2.0.M4 is released early next week.

Project Page | GitHub | Issues | Documentation

Spring Boot 1.5.21 available now

Releases | May 14, 2019 | ...

On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, I am pleased to announce that Spring Boot 1.5.21 has been released and is now available from repo.spring.io and Maven Central.

Spring Boot 1.5.21 is a maintenance release that includes 9 dependency updates and selected bug fixes.

If you haven’t already upgraded to Spring Boot 2, please consider doing so as support for 1.x will end on August 1st 2019.

How can you help?

If you're interested in helping out, check out the "ideal for contribution" tag in the issue repository. If you have general questions, please ask on stackoverflow.com using the spring-boot tag or chat with the community on Gitter

Spring Framework 5.2.0.M2, 5.1.7, 5.0.14 and 4.3.24 available now

Releases | May 10, 2019 | ...

On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, I am pleased to announce that Spring Framework 5.2.0.M2, 5.1.7, 5.0.14 and 4.3.24 are available from repo.spring.io as well as Maven Central now.

First things first, the second milestone of Spring Framework 5.2 includes over 50 fixes and improvements with improved RSocket integration and initial support for reactive transactions (more on that in a follow-up blog post soon). Spring Framework 5.1.7 includes 43 fixes and improvements and is a recommended upgrade for all 5.x users.

Finally, we've also released Spring Framework 5.0.14 and 4.3.24 with a few selected…

Spring Boot 1.5.20 available now

Releases | April 03, 2019 | ...

On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, I am pleased to announce that Spring Boot 1.5.20 has been released and is now available from repo.spring.io and Maven Central.

Spring Boot 1.5.20 is a maintenance release that includes over 30 dependency updates and selected bug fixes. These upgrades include Spring Security OAuth 2.0.17 which addresses a recently announced CVE.

If you haven’t already upgraded to Spring Boot 2, please consider doing so as support for 1.x will end on August 1st 2019.

How can you help?

If you're interested in helping out, check out the "ideal for contribution" tag in the issue repository. If you have general questions, please ask on stackoverflow.com using the spring-boot tag or chat with the community on Gitter

Spring Framework 5.1.6, 5.0.13 and 4.3.23 available now

Releases | April 01, 2019 | ...

On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, I am pleased to announce that Spring Framework 5.1.6., 5.0.13 and 4.3.23 are available from repo.spring.io as well as Maven Central now.

Spring Framework 5.1.6 includes 49 fixes and improvements. Spring Framework 5.0.13 is the last regular release of the 5.0.x line and includes 25 fixes and selected improvements. At this point, we expect all 5.x users to upgrade to 5.1.6. We've also released 4.3.23 that includes 20 fixes and selected improvements.

As usual, those maintenance releases will be used for the upcoming Spring Boot 1.5.20, 2.0.9, 2.1.4 releases coming up later…

Spring Boot 2.1.3 available now

Releases | February 15, 2019 | ...

On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, I'm happy to announce that Spring Boot 2.1.3 has been released and is is now available from repo.spring.io and Maven Central.

This release includes over 70 fixes, improvements and dependency upgrades. Thanks to all those who have contributed with issue reports and pull requests.

If you are still using Spring Boot 2.0.x, an upgrade to Spring Boot 2.1.x is strongly encouraged. Following the announcement that Spring Framework 5.0.x will reach its EOL in March, Spring Boot 2.0.x will follow suit with a final release in the 2.0.x line planned for late March. As previously announced, Spring Boot 1.5.x will…

Spring Boot 2.0.7 available now

Releases | November 30, 2018 | ...

On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, it is my pleasure to announce that Spring Boot 2.0.7 has been released and is is now available from repo.spring.io and Maven Central.

Spring Boot 2.0.7 includes 81 fixes, improvements and dependency updates. Thanks to all that have contributed with issue reports and pull requests.

How can you help?

If you're interested in helping out, check out the "ideal for contribution" tag in the issue repository. If you have general questions, please ask on stackoverflow.com using the spring-boot tag or chat with the community on Gitter.

Project Page | GitHub | Issues | Documentation | Stack Overflow |

Spring Boot 1.5.18 available now

Releases | November 29, 2018 | ...

On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, I am pleased to announce that Spring Boot 1.5.18 has been released and is is now available from repo.spring.io and Maven Central.

Spring Boot 1.5.18 is a maintenance release that includes 16 fixes, documentation improvements and dependency updates. Thanks to all that have contributed with issue reports and pull requests.

If you haven’t already upgraded to Spring Boot 2, please consider doing so as support for 1.x will end on August 1st 2019.

How can you help?

If you're interested in helping out, check out the "ideal for contribution" tag in the issue repository. If you have general questions, please ask on stackoverflow.com using the spring-boot tag or chat with the community on Gitter

Spring Framework 5.1.3, 5.0.11 and 4.3.21 available now

Releases | November 27, 2018 | ...

On behalf of the team, it is my pleasure to announce that Spring Framework 5.1.3, 5.0.11 and 4.3.21 are available now.

The third maintenance release of the 5.1 line includes over 45 fixes and improvements. Spring Framework 5.0.11 also includes a wide range of 34 fixes and improvements while Spring Framework 4.3.21 is, as expected, a rather minimal patch release.

The first maintenance candidate of Spring Boot 2.1, based on Spring Framework 5.1.3, is around the corner. We'll also follow up with corresponding Spring Boot 2.0.7 and 1.5.18 releases later this week.

Project Page | GitHub | Issues |

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