We are pleased to announce the first release candidate of Spring Data Redis 1.2.0! We raised the minimum Spring version to 3.2.8. This release is tested against Redis 2.6 and current 2.8 as well as the latest version of Spring Framework 4.0.2. It introduces a set of bug fixes as well as some improvements like support Jackson 2 serialization, a transaction aware cache manager, support for the TIME command and upgrades of the Redis drivers.

For a complete list of changes please see this JIRA query. The next step will be RC2 scheduled for March. We’re looking forward to your feedback on Twitter or in the issue tracker…

Spring Security 3.2.1 (changelog) and 3.1.5 (changelog) have been released and are now available from Maven Central.

Spring Security 3.2.1 brings a number of bug fixes including

• fixing ordering issues with Java Configuration
• changes to support Spring LDAP 2.0.1.RELEASE

I'm pleased to announce the release of Spring LDAP 2.0.1. This release can be found in Maven Central and contains a number of bug fixes including a fix to work with Spring Security 3.2. For additional details, please see the changelog.

Speakers: Daniel Mikusa and Stuart Williams

Slides: https://speakerdeck.com/dmikusapivotal/apache-tomcat-8-preview

Apache Tomcat 8 implements new versions of the Servlet, JSP and EL specifications as well as adding support for the new WebSocket specification. Work has also been completed on internal refactoring in a number of areas that will impact a number of Tomcat specific features. This presentation will provide an overview of the changes and new features introduced by both the updated specifications and the Tomcat specific changes. This session will enable attendees to identify the Tomcat 8 features of greatest interest to them and provide them with the information required to start planning their migration to Tomcat 8.

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Recorded at SpringOne2GX 2013 in Santa Clara, CA

Speaker: Rob Harrop

Running applications in the cloud presents a set of interesting new problems, constraints and opportunities. In this talk, attendees will learn how best to deploy, run and manage their Spring applications in the Amazon cloud. Covering everything from basic applications in Amazon Beanstalk to large-scale applications that span multiple regions and interact closely with on-premise resources, this talk will equip attendees with the knowledge they need to be successful running Spring in the cloud.

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Recorded at SpringOne2GX 2013 in Santa Clara, CA

Speakers: Lou Crocker, John Ferguson

Much like Spring burst onto the scene and became a defacto standard for Java, Sencha is vying for a similar role in the world of HTML5. From Ext JS for desktop development, Sencha Touch for mobile, and Sencha Architect as a design tool, it has become a pervasive technology in the new paradigm of multi-client development. In this session we will use our own SpringTrader reference application to illustrate integration techniques of Spring with Sencha. We will go beyond the basic wiring of a REST call with binding results to UI components, and look at mapping the Spring MVC and Sencha MVC architectures, along with other tips and tricks to streamline your mobile application development efforts.

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Spring Framework 4.0.2 and 3.2.8 have been released and are now available from Maven Central and repo.spring.io.

We have brought forward both releases due to SPR-11376 which strengthens Spring OXM to protect against a XXE vulnerability.

For a complete list of changes please refer to JIRA

I am happy to announce the availability of the third service release of the Spring Data Babbage release train. The release includes the following modules:

• Spring Data Commons 1.6.4 - Changelog - JavaDoc - Artifacts
• Spring Data JPA 1.4.4 - Changelog - JavaDoc - Artifacts
• Spring Data MongoDB 1.3.4 - Changelog - JavaDoc - Artifacts
• Spring Data Neo4j 2.3.4 - Changelog - JavaDoc - Artifacts

The release bundles a bunch of important enhancements and bug fixes and is a recommended upgrade. You can find all issues fixed in this release in our JIRA.

An important addition to the release is the release train BOM that allows you to easily upgrade to the service release by including the following dependency into your…

The second release candidate for Spring Boot 1.0.0 has now been released and published to the Spring Maven Repository.

UPDATE: We have released 1.0.0.RC3 earlier than expected to address an unfortunate regression with RC2. Please use RC3 in preference to RC2.

This release incorporates over 40 improvements and fixes. If you are upgrading from RC1, you may need to change some of your import declarations as we have restructured a few packages with this release.

As well as bug fixes, there are a couple of new noteworthy features:

spring jar

Users of the spring CLI application can now generate executable JARs directly from .groovy scripts. Simply run spring jar…