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 17th, 2021

Engineering | August 17, 2021 | ...
Hi, Spring fans! How're you doing? I'm alright. I've been recuperating from a COVID-19 infection. Today was the first day in a while that I woke up and wasn't short of breath. Most days, I've woken up, hacked a few wads of phlegm into the toilet, and then my breathing was fine. But today I woke up and wasn't short of breath in the first place. (I still hacked a few wads of phlegm). Thank goodness for vaccines, or I expect my experience of this virus would've been much worse as a lifelong asthmatic. Things are looking up! And then, as if my fortunes couldn't get any better, I got to compiling…

This Week in Spring - August 10th, 2021

Engineering | August 10, 2021 | ...
Hi, Spring fans! How're you doing? I hope you're doing well. You know, I've been thinking a lot about how to retain that zen-like peace that comes with a vacation spent on the beach. I got back from Hawaii eight days ago and I found it to be so very beautiful. Nature really sold it for me; the fresh air is everything. If you don't have ready access to nature - if you, like me, are in a giant city with the ongoing sound of car horns ("klaxons"), fire engines, traffic, and everything else that accompanies any big city - then may I invite you to breathe with me? Just sit still for 30 seconds…

This Week in Spring - August 3rd, 2021

Engineering | August 03, 2021 | ...
Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! Can you believe it's already August, 2021! We're nearly to 2022! And I am, for better or for worse, back from vacation! I am so happy to be back, but I do miss the sunkissed beaches of Hawai'i. Sigh. Anyway, let's get into it! We've got a ton of things to get into, so without further ado... A Bootiful Podcast: Microsoft's Asir V. Selvasingh on Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Microsoft Azure, and Azure Spring Cloud Blog: Roorkee robots, releases and racing: the Kubernetes 1.21 release interview Join Pure Storage at VMworld 202…

This Week in Spring - July 27th, 2021

Engineering | July 27, 2021 | ...
Aloha, Spring fans, from the beautiful island of Oahu, Hawaii. How're you doing? We've got a ton of stuff to look at so let's get to it! In last week's A Bootiful Podcast, I talk to industry analyst, fascinating person, strategist, and storyteller Michael Coté I love this look at building a first application with RabbitMQ streams I loved this infographic by Dormain Drewitz on modernizing the mainframe Premiering Now: SpringOne Tour - July 2021: Do or Do Not, There is no try{} in Production Spring Boot 2.4.9 is now available Spring Boot 2.5.3 is now available Spring Boot 2.6.0-M1 is now…

Premiering Now: SpringOne Tour - July 2021: Do or Do Not, There is no try{} in Production

Engineering | July 23, 2021 | ...
Hi, Spring fans! In this July 2021 installment of SpringOne Tour, Josh Long, Cora Iberkleid, Angie Jones, Madhura Bhave, Bella Bai, Olga Maciaszek-Sharma, Whitney Lee, and Nate Schutta look at the wide and wonderful world of testing, continuous integration, and continuous delivery. This event - a mini-conference if you will - is two hours and some change long and features dedicated segments from the industry's best, so grab a drink, a note pad, and let's get to it!

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