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 - April 28th, 2026

Engineering | April 28, 2026 | ...
Hi Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! As I write this, I'm on PTO in beautiful Santorini, Greece, catching up on some news and about to cruise the islands for some sightseeing. There's nothing quite like springtime in the Mediterranean! I couldn't dream of enjoying the weather during the spring season until I checked in on which way the wind was blowing in the Spring community, and so here we are! Let's dive right into it! In last week's installment of A Bootiful Podcast, I talked to both Dr. Venkat Subramaniam and James Ward, ahead of a talk that the three of…

This Week in Spring - April 21st, 2026

Engineering | April 21, 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. So many amazing community members. So much joy. And a little sangria, being 100% honest. Then, after that, I went and spent a little time in a beautiful village south of Barcelona, then I went to the south of France for a little fun in the sun. Then I went to two cities in lovely Poland, where I was…

This Week in Spring - April 14th, 2026

Engineering | April 14, 2026 | ...
Hi, Spring fans! ¡Hola from Barcelona, Spain! I'm at the amazing Spring I/O event, hanging out with some of the amazing Spring ecosystem developers! Life is amazing here in the warm sun of springtime. There's a lot to look at this week, so let's dive right into it! Another nice tutorial on how to build microservices with Spring Boot I loved this new post looking at Spring Framework 7 and Spring Boot 4 over on InfoQ Interesting! A guide to internationalization in Spring Boot, by our friends at Baeldung. I really liked this post looking at how the enormous Aperro CAS system manages configuration…

This Week in Spring - April 7th, 2026

Engineering | April 07, 2026 | ...
Hi Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! It's April 7th, 2026, and I'm on the road! I started the journey for the amazing Voxxed Days Amsterdam show and am now winding my way through France. I visited Colmar, a beautiful city from which the animators on Disney's Beauty and the Beast drew some inspiration. Now I'm off to Lyon, to see some of my French colleagues and explore one of the centers of gastronomy in the world. Then, it's off to Paris, where I'll be speaking at the Java User Group this Thursday! If you're local, don't miss it (ne le ratez pas!) In the…

This Week in Spring - March 31st, 2026

Engineering | March 31, 2026 | ...
Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another fun edition of This Week in Spring! I'm writing to you from beautiful Amsterdam ahead of the wonderful Voxxed Days Amsterdam event, and I'm really looking forward to it. If you're there, please come say hello! Also, be aware that I'll be speaking at the Paris JUG on the 9th, as well as at Devoxx France later in the month. Come say bonjour! And, of course, I am most looking forward to Spring I/O in beautiful Barcelona, Spain, at the middle of the month! We’ve got plenty to cover this week, so let’s jump right in! Spring Modulith 2.1 M4, 2.0.5, and 1.4.1…

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