Newsletter - November 2010, EMEA

ISSUE 25, November 2010

Spring 3.0.5 Released

We are excited to announce the most recent release of Spring. The Spring development framework helps developers build high quality applications faster and provides a range of capabilities for creating enterprise Java, rich web, and enterprise integration applications that can be consumed in a lightweight, a-la-carte manner.

The recent release, Spring 3.0.5, addresses over 80 minor issues and small improvements to the Spring Expression Language (SpEL), annotation support, and embedded databases. Read the Change Log for more details.

Download | Documentation | Change Log | JIRA

Spring Social 1.0.0.M1 Available for Download

We are pleased to announce the first milestone release of Spring Social 1.0 is now available for download. Spring Social 1.0.0M1 is an extension of the Spring Framework, enabling development of social-ready applications. With Spring Social, you can create applications that interact with social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Tripit.

The capabilities of Spring Social can be viewed in the Greenhouse reference application. Read a recent blog post from Craig Walls to learn more about Socializing Spring Applications.

Download | Blog

SpringSource Tool Suite (STS) 2.5.1 Release Now Available

We are pleased to announce the release of SpringSource Tool Suite (STS) 2.5.1, which includes support for VMware vFabric tc Server 2.1 (including Spring Insight), instant deployment of Grails projects directly to tc Server from within STS, enhancements for debugging Groovy code and JDT weaving by default. More details can be found in New and Noteworthy.

Download | Install Notes | Support Forum

Spring Security 3.0.4 Available for Download

We are pleased to announce the release of Spring Security 3.0.4. The release provides a fix for the vulnerability CVE-2010-3700. For users who have not yet upgraded to Spring Security 3, there is also a 2.0.6 release available. The full list of issues addressed can be found in the changelog.

Download | Changelog | Reference Manual | FAQ

SpringOne 2GX Video Available

SpringOne 2GX 2010 in Chicago was bigger and better than ever and covered tons of important technical announcements. Media sponsor InfoQ was on hand to capture so many of the great presentations and provided fantastic coverage for the show. Now available are:

Rod Johnson’s Opening Keynote was the highlight of the show where Rod discussed the future of Spring along with a collection of other topics. Joining him on stage were Christian Dupuis, to present new capabilities for Grails development using STS; Keith Donald, who gave an overview of Spring Greenhouse that showcases Spring Social and Spring Mobile; and Mik Kersten from Tasktop, who demonstrated the new Code2Cloud developer service.
Juergen Holler reviews the most important features that came with Spring 3.0 and previews 3.1 in his presentation What’s New in Spring Framework 3.1.
Josh Long and Oleg Zhurakousky explore the wide world of Spring Integration adapters, endpoints and general components in their presentation Extending Spring Integration.

Spring Integration 2.0.RC1 Available for Download

We are pleased to announce the first release candidate of Spring Integration 2.0.RC1 which builds directly on the recent release of Spring and includes support for Enterprise Integration Patterns. Review the key highlights on the Team Blog, where you will continue to find new posts as we get closer to the 2.0 GA release.

Download | Reference Manual | Team Blog

Reduce XML in Spring Configuration

In this introductory blog post, Josh Long reviews the different dependency configuration options available in Spring. Covering XML, annotations and pure Java code this post provides simple recommendations for when each is appropriate and provides a step by step example that reduces the XML configuration to just a couple of lines.

Read the Blog Post now

Eclipse Virgo 2.1 is Available for Download

The first official release of Virgo, 2.1.0.RELEASE is available for download. Gemini Web, used by Virgo, is also released at 1.0.0.RELEASE and available for download. The new release provides faster startup, upgraded dependencies, bug fixes and other enhancements. Learn more about the Virgo face-to-face meeting this month—subscribe to virgo-dev.

Announcement | Download Virgo | Download Gemini Web | Release Notes | Virgo Overview

Live Webinar: Message-Driven Architecture with Spring

Join us for an overview of Spring's support for scheduling, messaging, and enterprise integration. You will learn how these features provide a platform for message-driven architecture. We’ll discuss Spring's support for Hohpe and Woolf's Enterprise Integration Patterns--including demos of several basic patterns such a Message Channel, Message Transformer, and Message Router, as well as composite patterns such as Scatter/Gather using a Splitter and Aggregator.

November 18, 3:00pm BST / 4:00pm Europe - Register Here

Spring ActionScript 1.1 Released

In addition to a series of bugfixes, the latest release of Spring ActionScript 1.1 adds new features and enhancements including Component Scanning & Context XML Namespace, Test Framework, PostConstruct, PreDestroy and Inject Metadata. Review the Spring ActionScript blog for more details.

Download | API Documentation | Changelog

Spring Python 1.2.0.RC1 Available for Download

Spring Python 1.2.0RC1 is now available for download. Spring Python takes the concepts implemented by the Spring Framework, and applies them in Python. It includes features like dependency injection, aspect oriented programming, data access, transactions, security, remoting, and JMS support.

Download | Reference Documentation | Blog

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