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 - December 22nd, 2020

Engineering | December 22, 2020 | ...

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring!

It's December 22nd, 2020, as I write this and I can not believe we're smack dab in the middle of the week and only have two shopping days until Christmas! I don't know if it's just that time of year and I'm flush with the normal amount of warm-n-fuzzies or if it's just that, after a year like 2020, I'm very keen on savoring this precious reprieve. Either way, couldn't be happier. I've got a cold! I'm sick and sneezing and my nose is running, but at least it's not COVID-19, and at least I've got my family and my job, and - all things considered - I feel very, very, veery

This Week in Spring - December 15th, 2020

Engineering | December 16, 2020 | ...

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! Can you believe it's already December 15th? Me either! Another few weeks and this soul annhilating year will be over with and we'll be staring down 2021 filled with new hopes and possibilities! How are you? (Have you dipped into the eggnog yet?) I'm doing alright, thanks! I've been busy, as usual.

Most of that was fun stuff. But, some of that, I confess, was a mess of my own making. I spent Monday cleaning up a fire I'd set for myself. You see, I got a little sloppy with last week's podcast episode. Last week, I was…

A Bootiful Podcast: Spring Batch co-lead Mahmoud Ben Hassine

Engineering | December 15, 2020 | ...

Hi, Spring fans! In this special midweek installment I correct a mistake I made last week when I inadvertently released the episode featuring Dion Almaer, with the interview I conducted with Spring Batch co-lead Mahmoud Ben Hassine. This is the actual episode with Mahmoud Ben Hassine, with the correct title and everything! Enjoy!

A Bootiful Podcast: open-web legend Dion Almaer

Engineering | December 14, 2020 | ...

Hi, Spring fans! In this special midweek installment I (Josh Long) correct a mistake I made last week when I inadvertently released the episode featuring open-web legend Dion Almaer with the interview I conducted with the inspirational and oh-so-amazing Spring Batch co-lead Mahmoud Ben Hassine. This is the actual episode with Dion Almaer (@dalmaer) who is known for so many contributions to the Java ecosystem and beyond. I know him as a former editor in chief of TheServerSide.com, but you may know him for his work championing the open web at Palm, Walmart, and Google, and many more.

This Week in Spring - December 8th, 2020

Engineering | December 08, 2020 | ...

A Bootiful Podcast: Dr. Heinz Kabutz

Engineering | December 03, 2020 | ...

Hi, Spring fans! In this week's installment Josh Long talks to his hero, longtime friend (9+ years and counting!), inspiration and a person who has made the JVM a better place to deploy software and the JVM community a better place for people to build software through his JavaSpecialists newsletter and through his amazing content: Dr. Heinz Kabutz. 'Nuff said. Enjoy!

This Week in Spring - December 1st, 2020

Engineering | December 02, 2020 | ...

This Week in Spring - November 24th, 2020

Engineering | November 25, 2020 | ...

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another jam-packed installment of This Week in Spring! It's the week of Thanksgiving here in the United States and I feel like I've got a ton of things and a ton more people for which and for whom to be thankful, and a huge, constant part of that is you, dear community. I say this in this column all the time, but you - the community - are the main reason that Spring is worth doing. I know that I speak for the entire Spring team when I say: thank you! And, speaking for myself, I hope that, whether you're in the US celebrating Thanksgiving or anywhere else, that you…

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