Josh Long

Josh Long

Josh (@starbuxman) is the Spring Developer Advocate at Pivotal and a Java Champion. He's host of "A Bootiful Podcast" (https://soundcloud.com/a-bootiful-podcast), host of the "Spring Tips Videos" (http://bit.ly/spring-tips-playlist), co-author of 6+ books (http://joshlong.com/books.html), and instructor on 8+ Livelessons Training Videos (http://joshlong.com/livelessons.html)

Recent Blog posts by Josh Long

This Week in Spring - August 1st, 2023

Engineering | August 01, 2023 | ...

Hi, Spring fans!

Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! Can you believe it's already August 1, 2023??? Me either.

As I write this, I'm preparing some of my contributions for SpringOne at VMWare Explore 2023, happening next month in lovely Las Vegas, NV. Have you registered yet?

I'm working at the VMWare Tokyo office as I write this; I'm here for meetings and a JJUG appearance. My friends, there's a ton to get done today, so let's dive right into it.

This Week in Spring - July 25th, 2023

Engineering | July 25, 2023 | ...

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! Look, I'm going to level with you. This is the view from where I'm staying on holiday right now in tropical Lankawi, Malaysia:

I'm super interested in this week's roundup, as always, but I'm also very interested in that oh-so-blue water. Let's get this show on the road!

This Week in Spring - July 18th, 2023

Engineering | July 18, 2023 | ...

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! I'm in crazy cool Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. If you're around, I'll be doing a presentation this Thursday the 20th of July, and I'd love to see you there!

Then, after a quick vacation, it's off to Tokyo, Japan, where I'll also be doing a public facing talk, and I'd love to see you there, too!

I'm busy preparing for SpringOne in Las Vegas - have you registered? It's going to be amazing! It'll be our first in-person event since the pandemic, and we can't wait to see y'all there.

This week's been a busy one and the community has…

A Bootiful Podcast: Spring Framework and Spring Boot legend Stéphane Nicoll on a Bootiful Podcast

Engineering | July 13, 2023 | ...

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of A Bootiful Podcast! In this installment, Josh Long talk to Spring team legend Stéphane Nicoll (@snicoll) about Spring Boot, Apache Maven and Gradle, his journey to the Spring team, and so much more. This episode was recorded live from beautiful Barcelona, Spain, from the epic Spring I/O event in May of 2023!

This Week in Spring - July 11th, 2023

Engineering | July 11, 2023 | ...

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! I'm in yummy, sunny Jakarta, Indonesia at the moment, preparing for a week of meetings and the SpringOne Tour Indonesia event later this week. I'll also be speaking in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on July 20th, 2023 . If you're in either of these regions, please come out and join me for what is sure to be a ton of fun on our journey to production!

Anyway, we've got a ton of stuff to dive into this week, so let's get to it.

Azure Spring Apps Enterprise – More Power, Scalability & Extended Spring Boot Support

Engineering | July 11, 2023 | ...

Can you believe Spring is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year? We could not have gotten here without our millions of Spring developers across the globe, thank you! Spring has been an essential tool for Java developers, and it continues to grow and innovate at a fast pace. From the onset, Azure and VMware Tanzu have been trusted partners to customers for running mission-critical Java and Spring workloads. Our commitment and fondness for the Java Spring developer community have never wavered.

Microsoft and VMware Tanzu Collaboration Continues

Microsoft collaboration with the Spring team…

This Week in Spring - July 4th, 2023

Engineering | July 04, 2023 | ...

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! This week I am in sweltering, but lovely, Singapore, where I'm meeting with customers and just finished presenting at the SpringOne Tour Singapore stop.

If you're in Singapore, I hope you'll join me tonight for Bootiful Spring Boot 3.x with Josh Long, Tue, Jul 4, 2023, 6:00 PM. It's going to be a ton of fun!

I'll be doing a SpringOne Tour event next week in Jakarta, Indonesia, on the 13th of July. Don't miss this!

We've got a crazy busy roundup to get to so let's dive right in!

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