Stéphane Nicoll

Stéphane Nicoll

Stéphane is an experienced software engineer and open source contributor with a strong focus on Java enterprise development, software architecture, and technical leadership. Over the years, he has contributed to and led a wide range of initiatives, including the development of critical infrastructure in logistics and geospatial systems, as well as the design of enterprise frameworks widely adopted across the industry.

Stéphane is a core contributor to the Spring Framework and Spring Boot open source projects, and previously led Spring Initializr and start.spring.io, supporting developers worldwide in getting started with Spring. As a former member of the Apache Maven PMC, he has been actively involved in open source software governance and evolution for two decades.

As a member of the Spring team, Stéphane has had the privilege of working on various aspects of Spring Boot and Spring Framework, with a focus on understanding its inner workings and collaborating with the fantastic community of contributors.

Connect with Stéphane ("snicoll") on Bsky, Mastodon, and GitHub to follow his ongoing journey in the world of Java development.

Recent Blog posts by Stéphane Nicoll

Spring Boot 2.1.0 RC1 available now

Releases | October 17, 2018 | ...

On behalf of the team, it is my pleasure to announce that Spring Boot 2.1.0.RC1 has been released and is now available from our milestone repository.

This release closes over 100 issues and pull requests, and is our first release candidate. At this point we're not anticipating that any major API changes or new features will be added before our final 2.1 GA release.

We've refined a number of items from previous milestone, and provide a number of notable new features including:

  • Auto-configuration for additional Micrometer registries: AppOptics, Humio and KairosDB
  • Support for Jersey metrics (Thread pool and HTTP request)
  • Integration with Hibernate's BeanContainer API

Spring Framework 5.1.1, 5.0.10 and 4.3.20 available now

Releases | October 15, 2018 | ...

On behalf of the team, I am pleased to announce that Spring Framework 5.1.1, 5.0.10 and 4.3.20 are available now.

The first maintenance release of the 5.1 line includes over 30 fixes and improvements. Spring Framework 5.0.10 also includes a wide range of 20 fixes and improvements while Spring Framework 4.3.20 is a rather minimal patch release.

The first release candidate of Spring Boot 2.1, based on Spring Framework 5.1.1, is around the corner! We'll also follow up with corresponding Spring Boot 2.0.6 and 1.5.17 releases later this week.

Project Page | GitHub | Issues | Documentation

2018-10-16 UPDATE: The releases address a vulnerability. Please see this blog post

Spring Framework 5.1 RC3, 5.0.9 and 4.3.19 available now

Releases | September 07, 2018 | ...

On behalf of the team, I am pleased to announce Spring Framework 5.1 RC3, 5.0.9 and 4.3.19 are available now.

Spring Framework 5.0.9 includes 36 fixes and selected improvements while Spring Framework 4.3.19 includes 23 fixes and selected improvements. We're also approaching Spring Framework 5.1 with a third release candidate that includes 30 fixes and improvements.

As usual, those are the base for the upcoming Spring Boot 2.1 M3, 2.0.5 and 1.5.16 releases early next week.

Project Page | GitHub | Issues | Documentation

Spring Boot 2.1 M2 available now

Releases | August 21, 2018 | ...

On behalf of the team and everyone that contributed, I am pleased to announce that the second milestone of Spring Boot 2.1 has been released and is available from our milestone repository. This release closes 75 issues and pull requests!

This second milestone aligns with Spring Framework 5.1.RC2 and is the first release with support of Java 11.

Other highlights of this second milestone include:

  • Auto-configuration for task execution (@EnableAsync) and task scheduling (@EnableScheduling)
  • Configurable bootstrap mode for JPA
  • OAuth2 resource server support
  • Improved logging output for web applications
  • Improved binding for data size properties.

Spring Boot 1.5.15 available now

Releases | July 30, 2018 | ...

On behalf of the team, I am pleased to announce that Spring Boot 1.5.15 has been released and is is now available from repo.spring.io and Maven Central.

Spring Boot 1.5.15 includes 35 fixes, improvements and dependency updates. Thanks to all that have contributed with issue reports and pull requests.

If you haven’t already upgraded to Spring Boot 2, now is a great time to do so as the end of life announcement for 1.x’s has just been made.

How can you help?

If you're interested in helping out, check out the "ideal for contribution" tag in the issue repository. If you have general questions, please ask on stackoverflow.com using the spring-boot tag or chat with the community on Gitter

Spring Boot 2.0.4 available now

Releases | July 30, 2018 | ...

It is my pleasure to announce that Spring Boot 2.0.4 has been released and is is now available from repo.spring.io and Maven Central.

Spring Boot 2.0.4 includes 90 fixes, improvements and dependency updates. Thanks to all that have contributed with issue reports and pull requests.

If you haven’t already upgraded to Spring Boot 2, now is a great time to do so as the end of life announcement for 1.x’s has just been made.

How can you help?

If you're interested in helping out, check out the "ideal for contribution" tag in the issue repository. If you have general questions, please ask on stackoverflow.com using the spring-boot tag or chat with the community on Gitter

Spring Boot 1.5.14 available now

Releases | June 14, 2018 | ...

On behalf of the team, I am pleased to announce that Spring Boot 1.5.14 has been released and is is now available from repo.spring.io and Maven Central.

Spring Boot 1.5.14 includes 42 fixes, improvements and dependency updates. Thanks to all that have contributed with issue reports and pull requests.

How can you help?

If you're interested in helping out, check out the "ideal for contribution" tag in the issue repository. If you have general questions, please ask on stackoverflow.com using the spring-boot tag or chat with the community on Gitter.

Project Page | GitHub | Issues | Documentation | Stack Overflow |

Spring Framework 5.0.7 and 4.3.18 available now

Releases | June 13, 2018 | ...

On behalf of the team, I am pleased to announce that the Spring Framework 5.0.7 and 4.3.18 maintenance releases are available now.

Spring Framework 5.0.7 includes 39 fixes and selected improvements while Spring Framework 4.3.18 includes 15 fixes and selected improvements. Those are the base for the upcoming Spring Boot 2.0.3 and 1.5.14 maintenance releases later this week.

Project Page | GitHub | Issues | Documentation

Spring Framework 4.3.17 and 5.0.6 available now

Releases | May 08, 2018 | ...

It is my pleasure to announce that Spring Framework 4.3.17 and 5.0.6 have been released and are available now from repo.spring.io and Maven Central.

Spring Framework 4.3.17 includes 15 fixes and a selection of improvements. Spring Framework 5.0.6 contains over 40 fixes and improvements. Those maintenance releases will be used for the upcoming Spring Boot 1.5.13 and 2.0.2 releases coming up later this week.

2018-05-09 Update: The releases address a vulnerability. Please see this blog post published after the associated Spring Boot 2.0.2 and 1.5.13 releases.

Project Page | GitHub | Issues |

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