
Introduction to the OSGi Web Container
Updated: added version control instructions for Git.
For the last few months I've been working with Subbarao Meduri, Graham Charters, Hal Hildebrand and others from the OSGi Enterprise Expert Group on the RFC66 Web Container specification. The Web Container specification defines how WAR files can be deployed on an OSGi service platform in a standard way. [...]

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 Subversion. [...]

dm Server 2.0 M2
dm Server 2.0.0.M2 has been released, and is now available for download. In the two sprints since 2.0.0.M1, we've made significant progress towards the final release, both in terms of new features, and in defect fixes. Take a look at the M2 release notes if you're interested in seeing everything that we've been working on. [...]

Using an OSGi Profile with Bundlor
When managing and transforming as many bundles as are included in the the SpringSource Enterprise Bundle Repository, it becomes very difficult to remember what packages are boot delegated, exported from the system bundle, or from other bundles in your system. This information is important because you probably don't want to import packages that are [...]

Grails 1.1.1 released with Google AppEngine support
Today we are pleased to announce the availability of Grails 1.1.1 which whilst providing many incremental improvements over Grails 1.1 also introduces official support for Google AppEngine.
Groovy itself has been running on AppEngine since its launch, but we had to make a few tweaks here and there in Grails to make Grails applications run on [...]

Bundlor Version Expansion and Property Substitution
Introduction
Recently the M3 milestone of Bundlor has been released (Forum Anouncement). This milestone adds support for Property Substitution and Version Expansion. This blog post explains how to work with these new features to improve the quality of generated Manifests.
Property Substitution
Bundlor can now be used to substitute any property value into your Manifest Template.
Bundle-Name: ${name}
Bundle-Description: Test [...]

SpringSource Tool Suite now free
It was April 27th around 2:39pm, when Rod announced in his SpringOne Europe opening keynote:
“STS will be free!"
Reto Meier, with our partner namics, took a picture as proof of that very moment and published it on flickr.com. Also the audience at SpringOne seemed to be enthusiastic about the announcement and as a consequence the word [...]

Spring Framework 3.0 M3 released
We are pleased to announce that the third Spring 3.0 milestone is available now (download page)! This release comes with many new features and refinements, including…
Reference documentation: M3 is the first Spring 3.0 milestone that comes with reference documentation, in both HTML and PDF format. Even if the documentation is still a work in progress, [...]

SpringSource Plus Hyperic Unifies Application Lifecycle From Developer to Data Center
A few weeks ago, I laid out SpringSource’s vision for creating a unified enterprise Java solution that spans the application lifecycle. Today, we announce a significant advance in realizing that vision: SpringSource’s acquisition of Hyperic, which greatly strengthens our capabilities for the management of modern applications and infrastructure.
As SpringSource has grown, like the Spring open [...]

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 interest [...]