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 - November 15th, 2022

Engineering | November 15, 2022 | ...
Hi, Spring fans! How're you doin' this fine Tuesday morning? I've returned home to San Francisco and am up and at 'em nice and early to catch a flight to Seattle, where I'll speak at the Java User Group tonight. If you're in Seattle, don't miss it! We've got a ton of cool stuff to get into this week, but let's not bury the lede here: Spring Framework 6 comes out tomorrow, Wednesday, the 16th of November, 2022! And you know where to go to get the bits: the Spring Initialzr, start.spring.io! Let's dive into this week's roundup! Did you see the new Reactor 2022.0.0 release? This release contains…

This Week in Spring - November 8th, 2022

Engineering | November 08, 2022 | ...
Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! I've been busy this last week! I've been visiting with customers and talking to the community here in South East Asia. I was in Malaysia last week, and now I'm in Bangkok, Thailand. I'm near the end of my time here in SE Asia, which makes me sad. I'm dearly going to miss the food and the weather, but time waits for no person, and it's almost time to go home. And with time comes a jam-packed roster of new things we can read and learn from. So, without further ado, let's dive right into it! A Bootiful Podcast: Java Champion…

This Week in Spring - November 1st, 2022

Engineering | October 31, 2022 | ...
Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! How're you doin'? I hope you're doing well and had a great Halloween if you celebrate. I'm doing great. I'm in sunny Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, eating delicious food and hanging out with amazing people. Tomorrow, I'm off to Penang, Malaysia, for a little tourism before I get back to a more code-driven kinda fun: I'll be doing a developer event looking at the latest-and-greatest from Spring Boot 3 here in Kuala Lumpur on the 11th of November - ten short days from now! - so please join me! Also, I just joined Mastodon - a…

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

Engineering | October 26, 2022 | ...
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, we begin a journey to Spring Boot 3, due end of November 2022. In this installment, we'll 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 Boot 3? Join us at SpringOne 2022! use the code S1VM22_Advocate_200 for $200 off the price of admission!

This Week in Spring - October 25th, 2022

Engineering | October 24, 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! I'm in sunny Singapore, then off to Malaysia and Thailand. It's the first time I've been to any of these places since 2019! How good it is to be back! I've so missed it. The Spring team is busy preparing for both Spring Boot 3 (and the Spring Framework 6 release that underpins it) and SpringOne 2022. Have you booked your ticket for SpringOne 2022 yet? It's going to be held in sunny San Francisco, and - of course - it'll be the absolute best…

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

Engineering | October 20, 2022 | ...
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, Josh Long (@starbuxma) talks to his friend, Microsoft's 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 like Asir? Join us at SpringOne 2022! Register now and get $200 off with this discount code S1VM22_Advocate_200.

This Week in Spring - October 18th, 2022

Engineering | October 18, 2022 | ...
Hi, Spring fans! How're you doin'? I'm 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 career highlight for me - it's not often you get to win and have fun in life. And, as if that wasn't awesome enough, this week I am in Las Vegas, NV, for JavaOne! Fingers crossed, this week will go smoothly, too! Both Devoxx and JavaOne are the first such shows since at least before the pandemic. It's…

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