This Week in Spring - April 21st, 2026

Hi Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! What a week it's been since we last talked. I was in Barcelona, Spain, for the amazing Spring I/O event there. It has become my favorite show, full stop. Just such an amazing experience. So many wonderful things going on there...

Null-safe applications with Spring Boot 4

This is a new blog post in the Road to GA series, this time sharing an update on the status of the null-safety support across the Spring portfolio, as a follow-up of my previous related blog post Null Safety in Spring applications with JSpecify and NullAway and related Spring I/O talk. Are we...

Null Safety in Spring applications with JSpecify and NullAway

The initial introduction of the null safety support in Spring dates back to 2017 and the release of Spring Framework 5.0. In 2025, we are evolving that story to bring more added value for Spring developers, either in Java or Kotlin. But before having a deeper look to the changes we are working on...

This Week in Spring - October 8th, 2024

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! I'm in Antwerp, Belgium, for the amazing Devoxx Belgium 2024 event! I am so happy to be back here, one of the best shows in the Java ecosystem! We've got a lot to get into so let's dive right in! From Spring Cloud Data Flow...

From Spring Framework 6.2 to 7.0

Dear Spring community, Spring Framework 6.2 is shaping up for general availability in November 2024, with particularly significant revisions in the core container and in our web support: see "What's New in Spring Framework 6.2". This release is designed for use with JDK 17-23 and Jakarta EE 9-10...

This Week in Spring - September 3rd, 2024

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! It's September 3rd, and I'm still buzzing from the last week's SpringOne extravaganza! Also: I'm tired. Last week was nuts. I'm super glad it happened, but I'm tired. And also buzzing. You know? Surely you don't. I hope not...