SpringSource has just released a new milestone version of SpringSource Tool Suite: 2.3.2.M2. STS provides the best Eclipse-powered development environment for building Spring and Grails powered enterprise applications. Here are some highlights from the release:

• integration with GWT and Google App Engine
• visual editor for Spring Integration
• support for Spring Roo 1.1.0.M2
• non-locking class loader infrastructure
• new Grails Project Explorer, Perspective and Plugin Manager
• new Subclipse and Subversive extension installs

This is also the first time we are providing bundles based on Eclipse 3.5 and 3.6. If you aren't quite ready to try the cutting edge milestone release, then you can always download the 2.3.2.RELEASE version.

You can also get community support in the Spring Development Tools support forums. If you want to provide direct technical feedback, open a JIRA issue against the SpringSource Tool…

We're pleased to an announce the release of Spring Security 3.0.3.

This is mainly a minor bugfix release. Please see the changelog for a list of issues which have been addressed. You must be using Spring 3.0.3 or later to use this version.

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The first Apache Tomcat 7 release, Tomcat 7.0.0 beta, is now available from the Tomcat 7 download page at the Apache Software Foundation.

SpringSource's Tomcat expert, Mark Thomas, describes the details of the release at TomcatExpert.com.In addition to the implementation of the Servlet 3.0, JSP 2.2 and EL 2.2 specifications, Tomcat 7 boasts a number of new features:

• memory leak prevention and detection
• protection against session fixation attacks
• a simple filter to add cross-site request forgery protection to an application
• simplified embedding
• alias support
• better security for the Manager and Host Manager applications

Developers interested in using Tomcat should also check out tc Server Developer Edition which incorporates the Spring Insight performance analysis console. The tc Server team are tracking the Tomcat beta process and will provide…

Spring Web Flow 2.1 built on Spring 3.0.3 is now final and available for download. Please, see the appropriate section in the documentation for an overview of what's new in this release.

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Juergen Hoeller has announced that Spring 3.0.3 is now available. This minor release addresses over 100 minor issues and catches up with some recent third-party releases.

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Please note that we are not providing a dependencies download anymore. The recommended way of obtaining third-party libraries for use with Spring is Maven/Ivy; you could also download third-party distributions of your choice and take the jars from there. Note that there is no reason to upgrade third-party libraries unless you want to: The simplest solution is to keep using the versions that you know and trust.

Don't forget that Spring users can ask questions in the community forum and identify issues in JIRA as well.

Dear Spring Community,

The first release candidate of Spring Web Flow 2.1.0 is now available for download.

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In this release the Web Flow documentation has been updated for all available changes. Please see the "What's New In Spring Web Flow" section in the documentation for a good overview.

Rossen Stoyanchev Spring Web Team

Dear Spring Community,

We're pleased to announce the availability of Spring Web Flow 2.1.0 M1.

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This release is built on Spring 3.0.2, Spring Security 3.0.2, Tiles 2.1.2, and Portlet API 2.0. It features use of Spring EL as the default expression language as well as integration with the new type conversion and formatting system available in Spring 3.

The 2.1.0 release will have two milestones with the first release candidate scheduled for two weeks from today. Feedback and comments at this point are welcome.

Dear Spring Community,

We are pleased to announce that Spring Web Flow 2.0.9 is now available. Download | Reference Documentation | Change Log

This release includes a number of minor bug fixes, as well as an update to the version of Dojo that addresses a Dojo security vulnerability.

In addition to 2.0.x maintenance, the Web Flow project team is currently working on a 2.1 release that provides a current generation version of Web Flow that builds on Spring 3. At the same time, work is continuing towards the first 3.0 milestone for the next generation Web Flow. Watch for future announcements…

The latest version of SpringSource Tool Suite (STS) is now available. STS is the best Eclipse-powered development environment for building Spring, Groovy and Grails powered enterprise applications. The new version (2.3.2) is now available for download and provides mostly fixes for some minor bugs and some performance improvements.

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Now is a great time to start working with STS and please use the community forum to give your feedback and ask questions.