
Springing Ahead Toward The Open PaaS
A few weeks ago I tweeted that—incredibly—SpringSource was executing faster within VMware than as a startup. Today we announce another exciting development bearing this out. Following our VMforce partnership with SaaS leader salesforce.com, we are today announcing a collaboration between VMware and Google, centering around the Spring programming model and SpringSource IDE and RAD tooling. Read more…

Spring Roo 1.1.0.M1 Released
I'm delighted to announce that we've just released Spring Roo 1.1.0.M1. Spring Roo is the fastest way for Java developers to build Spring-based applications in the Java programming language. With the Roo 1.1.0.M1 you can build working web applications – complete with a Google Web Toolkit (GWT) front end – in as little as 200 Read more…

Using UDP and TCP Adapters in Spring Integration 2.0 M3
The UDP and TCP channel adapters introduced in Spring Integration 2.0 Milestone 3 provide lightweight communication either between two or more Spring Integration applications, or between a Spring Integration application and some other platform. Following on from Oleg's blog about the Loan Broker, I use the same example to show how to use the new Read more…

Spring Roo 1.0.0 Released
We're delighted to announce the general availability (GA) of Spring Roo 1.0.0. Spring Roo is a next-generation rapid application development tool for Java developers. With Roo you can easily build full Java applications in minutes. It differs from other tools by focusing on: Higher Java productivity: Try the ten minute test and see for yourself. Read more…

Exploring Roo's Architecture
Last month we discovered how easy it is to build a fully-fledged enterprise application in just a few minutes using Spring Roo – our new productivity tool for Java developers. While many Java developers have already started evaluating Roo to help save time on their projects, I've received a lot of questions from people curious Read more…

Getting Started with Spring Roo
Update: The third installment of the "Introducing Spring Roo" blog series is now available and covers Roo's internal architecture in detail. I have a confession to make. While many of you would know I've been busily working away on Spring Roo in recent months, I also have a separate project that hasn't made it into Read more…

Jump into Roo for extreme Java productivity
Update: The second installment of the "Introducing Spring Roo" blog series is now available and includes a detailed step-by-step tutorial to help you get started with Roo. The third installment covers Roo's internal architecture in detail. The twittersphere has been abuzz this week with news from SpringOne Europe. One announcement generating a significant amount of Read more…

