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 - May 2, 20223

Engineering | May 02, 2023 | ...

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! You realize it's already May, 2023? Time's flying, way too quickly! I just got back from Bangalore, India, where I spoke at the amazing Great International Developer Summit, one of the all time best shows ever, and now I'm already gearing up to hit the road in May for a mini Spring Boot 3.1 European (and UK) tour! I'll be in Athens, Greece, for Devoxx GR (4-6 May); I'll be in London, UK, for Devoxx UK (10-12 May); I'll be in Barcelona, Spain, for Spring I/O (18-19 May); I'll be in Belgrade, Serbia (20-21 May) for ITKonekt…

This Week in Spring - April 25th, 2023

Engineering | April 25, 2023 | ...

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! How are you? I'm en route to Bangalore, India, via Frankfurt, for the Developer Summit 2023 edition. It's going to be a ton of fun, and I hope you won't miss it! para

This Week in Spring - April 18th, 2023

Engineering | April 18, 2023 | ...

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! This week, I just returned from Western Europe for Devoxx FR (Paris) and Kotlin Conf (Amsterdam). I went home, saw my family, did some laundry, and then turned right back around to head to Chicago, Illinois, for a special joint session of the Chicago Kotlin and Java Users Group tonight where I'll be copresenting with my pal, field CTO Justin Reock. It's going to be a ton of fun! Don't miss out!

A Bootiful Podcast: Sonatype's Steve Poole and Gradle's Justin Reock on Improving Developer Productivity without compromising on things like security

Engineering | April 13, 2023 | ...

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of a Bootiful Podcast! In this installment, recorded at Devnexus in Atlanta, GA, I talk to newcomer to the show Steve Poole, from Sonatype, and Justin Reock, from Gradle, about improving developer productivity without comprising on things like security.

This Week in Spring - April 11th, 2023

Engineering | April 11, 2023 | ...

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! As I write this I am in Amsterdam, Netherlands, preparing to speak at the Utrecht JUG tonight along with fellow Java Champion Trisha Gee. We're not speaking together, but instead it's a double header: she'll speak first, then I after. I am super excited to learn from her! Then, I join James Ward and we'll speak at Kotlin Conf. Then, I take a quick train to Paris to speak at Devoxx Fr. I hope if you're about you'll join me at any of these talks.

A Bootiful Podcast: José Paumard, Java Champion alumnus and Java legend, on Project Loom, Valhalla, and more, from Devnexus 2023!

Engineering | April 06, 2023 | ...

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of A Bootiful Podcast. In this installment I'll talk to legendary Oracle Java Champion (alumnus), Java advocate, professor emeritus, and all around amiable fellow José Paumard, recorded at the amazing Devnexus 2023 event!

The Spring team at Devnexus 2023

News | April 04, 2023 | ...

The Spring team is out in force here at Devnexus! I hope you'll come see us. Here's my annotated look at what sessions I want to see over the oh-so-brief three days of the show.

Tuesday, April 4th, 2023

The fun starts today, with the Spring Boot 3 workshop with Spring Boot cofounder Phil Webb and Micrometer and observability ninja Jonatan Ivanov

Wednesday, April 5th, 2023

Tomorrow, the fun continues! At 10am, our friends over at Vaadin will have a talk, Full Stack Reactive with Spring Boot and React, that looks mighty interesting! My friends and Nate Schutta and Dan Vega have a talk, Spring Recipes: A Collection of Common-Sense Solutions

This Week in Spring - April 4th, 2023

Engineering | April 04, 2023 | ...

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