We are pleased to announce that Spring IO Platform 1.1.2.RELEASE is now available from both repo.spring.io and Maven Central.

This maintenance release upgrades the versions of a number of the projects in the Platform to pick up their latest maintenance releases:

• Spring AMQP 1.4.3
• Spring Batch 3.0.3
• Spring Boot 1.2.3
• Spring Cloud Connectors 1.1.1
• Spring Data Evans SR2
• Spring Framework 4.1.6
• Spring Security 3.2.7
• Spring Web Services 2.2.1

The versions of many third-party dependencies have also been updated.

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We are pleased to announce that Spring IO Platform 1.0.5.RELEASE is now available from both repo.spring.io and Maven Central. This release is intended for users who remain on the 1.0.x line; where possible, upgrading to 1.1.x is recommended.

This maintenance release upgrades the versions of a number of the projects in the Platform to pick up their latest maintenance releases:

• Spring AMQP 1.3.7
• Spring Batch 3.0.3
• Spring Boot 1.1.12
• Spring Data Dijkstra SR5
• Spring Framework 4.0.9
• Spring Integration 4.0.6
• Spring Security 3.2.7
• Spring Web Services 2.2.1

The versions of many third-party…

You might have heard about the end of public updates for Java 7, coming up in just a few days with the release of Java 7 update 80. See the following Oracle pages for a reference:

https://blogs.oracle.com/java-platform-group/entry/future_updates_of_java_7 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html

Let's clarify what it really is: the end of public updates, and by no means an end of life (EOL). With the second link above, scroll down to the "Oracle Java SE Support Roadmap" section and you'll find the actual EOL dates: Dec 2018 for Java 6 and Jul 2022 for Java 7. Yes, that's another…

Spring Boot 1.2.3 has been released and is available now from repo.spring.io and Maven Central.

This maintenance release includes a small number of fixes and is a recommended upgrade for all users.

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Spring Boot 1.1.12 has been released and is available now from repo.spring.io and Maven Central.

This maintenance release includes a small number of fixes and is recommended for anyone still on the 1.1.x line.

This the last planned release from the 1.1.x branch so please consider upgrading to 1.2.3 if you haven't already.

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Recorded at SpringOne2GX 2014.

Speaker: Dan Woods

Core Groovy Track

Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/SpringCentral/4pieter-springone2gx2014distributedplatformdev

Building an Enterprise Application Stack means the necessity to have a service tier that can scale to the demands of business. This talk will discuss the approach to developing a scalable enterprise architecture, and will demonstrate implementations based on the variety of technologies available from the Groovy ecosystem, including Grails, Spring, Spring Boot, and Spring Integration.

Recorded at SpringOne2GX 2014.

Speaker: Kenneth Kousen

Core Groovy Track

Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/SpringCentral/advanced-groovy-tips-and-tricks

Groovy has a very easy learning curve for Java developers, so many people become Groovy users without realizing all it can do. This presentation will examine features of Groovy that can make your life easier once you're past the initial adoption stage. Prerequisite: Some Groovy knowledge

Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! As usual, we've got a lot to cover so let's get to it!

• Spring Security lead Rob Winch just announced the amazing Spring Security 4.0 release! This one is packed with amazing features including websocket support, Spring Data integration, enhanced testing support, and much improved defaults
• The Cloud Foundry Java buildpack now supports overriding inbuilt configuration through the use of well-named environment variables! This means you can tweak all manner of the default behavior without needing to fork the buildpack!
• Good news! Spring XD 1.1.1 is released! It includes improved performance and offset management when using Kafka message bus, support for Spark's streaming reliable receiver, Kryo serialization improvements, RabbitMQ auto-cleanup options and a Sqoop…

Recorded at SpringOne2GX 2014.

Speaker: Paul King

More Groovy Track

Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/SpringCentral/groovy-asttransforms-paulkingsep2014b

In this talk you'll learn about some of Groovy's AST transformations.