This Week in Spring - SpringOne Essentials 2023 edition - January 24th, 2023

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! Today is a very day for you see, today we kick off SpringOne Essentials, the online incarnation of SpringOne, online. Well see you live, on stream, in just a few hours!. SpringOne Essentials is going to be amazing, but before...

This Week in Spring - SpringOne Essentials 2023 edition - January 24th, 2023

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! Today is a very day for you see, today we kick off SpringOne Essentials, the online incarnation of SpringOne, online. We'll see you live, on stream, in just a few hours!. SpringOne Essentials is going to be amazing, but befor...

This Week in Spring - January 17th, 2023

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! I went to Helsinki, Finland, last week, and this week Im in Atlanta, Georgia, to speak at the Atlanta Java User Group. And, of course, next week, Ill be in New York to join a viewing party for the airing of SpringOne...

Bootiful Podcast: Spring Mad Scientist Andy Clement on SpringOne 2022, AOT, Azure Spring Apps, and more

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, Josh Long @starbuxman talks to Spring mad scientist Andy Clement @andyclement about the new native support in Spring Boot 3, SpringOne 2022, and Azure Spring Apps, among other things...

Spring Tips: the road to Spring Boot 3: Spring Framework 6

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, we begin a journey to Spring Boot 3, due end of November 2022. In this installment, well look - at a very high level - at some of the amazing features in Spring Framework 6, which underpins Spring Boot 3. Want to learn more about Spring Framework 6 and Spring...

This Week in Spring - October 25th, 2022

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! When last we spoke, I was in Las Vegas, NV, for the JavaOne show. It was amazing! Im in sunny Singapore, then off to Malaysia and Thailand. Its the first time Ive been to any of these places since 2019! How good it is to be...

A Bootiful Podcast: Microsoft's Asir Selvasingh on Azure Spring Apps, Java at Microsoft, application security, and more

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, Josh Long @starbuxma talks to his friend, Microsofts Asir Selvasingh @asirselvasingh, about Azure Spring Apps, Java at Microsoft, Spring, application security, and more. Want to learn more? Join us at SpringOne 6-8 December 2022! Want to meet amazing people...

This Week in Spring - October 18th, 2022

Hi, Spring fans! Howre you doin? Im doin alright! Last week I was in Antwerp, Belgium, for the amazing Devoxx BE show. I did a presentation with my friend and hero James Ward on Spring and Kotlin that was voted third most-liked talk at a show with more than 250 speakers! That was a personal caree...

Spring at JavaOne 2022

Hi, Spring fans! Its Sunday the 16th of October as I write this and Im winging my way to sunny Las Vegas, Nevada, where Ill be attending and presenting at the first JavaOne show in years! It didnt exist as the JavaOne we know and love for years, even before the pandemic interrupted life as we kno...

Learn more about Spring Framework 6 and Spring Boot 3 in these two great talks from Devoxx 2022

Hi, Spring fans! I was just at Devoxx in Belgium, where hundreds of experts from across the Java ecosystem converged for the first time since 2019 to deliver their biggest and best. I could do a proper trip report, but I really just came here to point you to two talks from two of my amazing...

A Bootiful Podcast: Google mad scientist Josh Suereth on Observability with OpenTelemetry, building better build tools, and so much more

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, Josh Long @starbuxman looks at the latest and greatest in Spring Boot 3 AOT, then talks to Googles Josh Suereth @jsuereth about observability with OpenTelemetry, building better build tools, and so much more. Want to learn more about Spring Boot and the wider...

This Week in Spring - October 11th, 2022

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! I write this installment as I pack and prepare for my trip to Antwerp, Belgium, for the always-amazing Devoxx show in Antwerp, Belgium. Ive so missed this show over the pandemic and am so looking forward to returning. I hope ...

Spring Tips: Spring Boot & Apache Kafka

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment of Spring Tips, I look at the venerable Apache Kafka broker and its integrations at various level of abstraction in the Spring Boot ecosystem. Want to learn more about event driven architectures, AOT and GraalVM, Apache Kafka, and Spring Boot? SpringOne 2022 i...

A Bootiful Podcast: Spring and Java community legend Marten Deinum

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, Josh Long @starbuxman talks to longtime Spring community member and legend Marten Deinum @mdeinum about scuba diving, software, Spring, community, and more. Also: I fixed the odd silence in the middle of the last few episodes! thanks for suffering through it...

This Week in Spring - October 4th, 2022

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! Its October 4th, 2022, and Im in Austin, TX, for the new version of show formerly known as the Kafka Summit, here to talk to folks about the amazing opportunities for Spring Boot and Apache Kafka. On the 12th, Ill be in...

A Bootiful Podcast: thought leader Chris Richardson (and no, I'm not using that title ironically!)

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, Josh Long @starbuxman talks to his friend Chris Richardson @crichardson, who helped articulate and advance cloud computing, reactive programming, microservices, domain-driven design, event sourcing, and so much more years before the zeitgeist. Also, we used t...

This Week in Spring - September 27th, 2022

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! Its the last week of September, already! The years more done than not. The days are receding into darkness earlier. And the Pumpkin Spice Lattes are upon us. The darker and colder days are kind of a bummer, but Im stil excite...

A Bootiful Podcast: Couchbase and Cloud legend Laurent Doguin

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, Josh Long @starbuxman talks to his friend, fellow Java Champion, and director of developer relations and strategy at Couchbase, Laurent Doguin @ldoguin SpringOne 2022 is almost here! This is our first in-person event since the pandemic and its when we release...

This Week in Spring - September 20th, 2022

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring wherein I endeavor as best as I can to capture the latest-and-greatest in the wide, wacky, and wonderful world of Springdom! Naturally, I fail miserably basically every week. Theres no way I could hope to capture everything of...

This Week in Spring - August 30th, 2022

Hi, Spring fans! How are you? Howre you doin this fine tuesday morning? Im doing well, of course, because this week VMwares tentpole show - VMware Explore - is happening not even a mile from my home, here in San Francisco! And this is just the first one - therell be another show, my favorite show...