
Spring Roo 1.1.0.M2 Released
I'm pleased to announce we've just released Spring Roo 1.1.0.M2 (download here). We've also concurrently released SpringSource Tool Suite 2.3.3.M2, which offers the latest integration with this new Spring Roo release. For production use we recommend you continue to use Spring Roo 1.0.2, although we know a very large number of people are happily using 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…

SpringSource S2G Forum Munich next week
Here in the Spring team, we are currently preparing for a busy next week: We have a three-day team meeting coming up from March 15th to 17th, immediately followed by the SpringSource S2G Forum Munich on Thursday, March 18th (overview, agenda, registration). The S2G Forum series is a new conference concept that we are giving Read more…

See you at SpringOne Europe!
It's the conference season. Despite the busy schedule, however, one conference stands alone for Spring content. SpringOne Europe is approaching fast. This year, it will be in Amsterdam, from April 27-29. Not only is Amsterdam a great destination in itself, the conference ends just before the Queen's Day holiday in the Netherlands: a fun cultural Read more…

A Question of Balance: Tuning the Maintenance Policy
Running a business is like writing code in at least one respect: You don’t always get it right the first time, even if you know what you want to achieve—but you do get a better result in the end if you are prepared to rework things when necessary. At SpringSource, we had a clear vision Read more…

SpringSource Seminar Day Linz in Review
A brief pictorial review of the SpringSource Seminar Day in Linz, having happened on September 8th, 2008, at the Bergschloessl Linz… More than 150 people were listening to a six-pack of presentations about what's new and upcoming at SpringSource. The "Story of Spring" keynote by Rod Johnson and Adrian Colyer was a great start into Read more…

SpringSource Seminar Day in Central Europe
SpringSource is organizing its first dedicated seminar day in central Europe: the SpringSource Seminar Day in Linz, Austria, on September 8th, 2008. This is a full-day seminar about current hot topics in the Spring portfolio: a rare chance to hear about what's brand-new and upcoming right from the Spring project leads! The agenda is planned Read more…

Q2 Amsterdam Java Meetup – May 23rd 2008
It's been a while… for the Amsterdam Java Meetup that is. I've been traveling a lot and haven't been able to organize another meetup past quarter. But here we go again: the (almost) quarterly Amsterdam Java Meetup with free drinks (or at least, the first few rounds) will be hosted in grand-cafe de Jaren in Read more…

Amsterdam Java Meetup Q307, September 21st
It's time for the next Java Meetup again. I decided to postpone the 7th installment of this quarterly event in Amsterdam until right after summer, because most people here in The Netherlands take a couple of weeks off in August or so. I've looked at our internal schedules and it seems September 21st is the Read more…

SpringOne 2007 Code Samples
As promised to everyone in my sessions, here are all the code samples that I presented during the conference. Concurrency and Spring JMX Dynamic Languages Slides will be available from the SpringOne web site.

