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 - March 16th, 2021

Engineering | March 16, 2021 | ...

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! As usual, we've got a ton of stuff to get to so let's dive right in!

  • Announcing Spring Native Beta!. This is by far the most important bit to come out of the last week! There is SO MUCH good stuff to ponder here. Spring Native is a set of hints that help GraalVM's native-image facility turn your dynamic Java code into a lightning fast, super lightweight, machine architecture-specific binary that you'll definitely want to invite to your next Docker container party. Tons of stuff just works out of the box. Native compilation is even supported on the Spring Initializr - just add Native to the selections! You can use @NativeHint

Deploy Spring Boot applications by leveraging enterprise best practices – Azure Spring Cloud Reference Architecture

Engineering | March 11, 2021 | ...

Deploy Spring Boot applications by leveraging enterprise best practices – Azure Spring Cloud Reference Architecture

Today, we’re excited to announce the availability of the Azure Spring Cloud Reference Architecture. You can get started by deploying the Azure Spring Cloud Reference Architecture to accelerate and secure Spring Boot applications in the cloud at scale using validated best practices.

Over the past year, we worked with many enterprise customers to learn about their scenarios including thoughts on scaling properly, security, deployment, and cost requirements. Many of these customers…

This Week in Spring - March 9th, 2021

Engineering | March 10, 2021 | ...

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! Tomorrow is the day of Spring One Tour - do not miss this event! We've also got a lot to get into this week so, without further ado...

This Week in Spring - March 2nd, 2021

Engineering | March 02, 2021 | ...

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! I've finally managed to get my joshlong.com/feed.html page working again so if you're curious about what I'm doing, check this feed out.

We've got a really great roundup this week, so let's get into it.

This Week in Spring - February 23rd, 2021

Engineering | February 24, 2021 | ...

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! This week's been exciting and only going to get more exciting as the days carry on.

Tomorrow, the 24th of February, I'll be participating in a panel with Angie Jones, Daniel Bryant, Stefania Chaplin, and Jonathan Harris on how to debug and fix issues so that it doesn't block production.

Tomorrow, I'll_also_ be streaming on Twitch.tv around noon PST. Join us!

Alright, without any further ado, this week's roundup! Enjoy!

Spring Tips: Spring Cloud Gateway (Redux)

Engineering | February 24, 2021 | ...

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment of Spring Tips, I revisit Spring Cloud Gateway.

Here's what's inside:

Intro

11:12​ Have your cake and Eat it too with an API Gateway

Basics

00:11:37​ Get to Know Your New Gateway 00:21:18​ The Observable Gateway
00:22:39​ Meet The Supporting Characters
00:24:30​ Reactive Data For The Demo
00:28:10​ A Reactive WebSocket Endpoint 00:31:00​ Reactive HTTP Endpoint

Behind the Source with Spring Cloud co-founder, lead, and Spring Cloud Gateway creator Spencer Gibb

00:33:00​ Spencer Gibb

Service Discovery

37:59​ Introducing Spring Cloud Netflix Eureka 40:4…

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