dm Server 2.0.0 released
As Adrian mentioned, today is the day for dm Server 2.0 and I'm delighted to announce that dm Server 2.0 is now available. Thank you for all of the feedback that we've had during the development of 2.0, it's helped to shape it into what we believe is a big step forward for enterprise OSGi. [...]
dm Server project moves to Eclipse.org
Today we will be releasing version 2.0 of the dm server. This represents a major milestone for the project, and for enterprise application development with OSGi in general. I’m delighted to now be able to reveal the next step in the dm Server journey: we have submitted a proposal at Eclipse.org to continue development of [...]
Drawing Spring into the Blueprint
Last month, almost 4 years after the initial 4.0 release, OSGi Alliance officially approved the OSGi service platform 4.2 release. The announcement headline featured the Blueprint Container Service, a new addition to the Compendium specification based on the programming model promoted by the Spring Dynamic Modules (also known as Spring OSGi) project. To quickly summarize [...]
Spring Security Kerberos/SPNEGO Extension
We're pleased to announce that the first milestone of the Spring Security Kerberos Extension is now available for download. The release is also available through the Maven milestone repository at http://maven.springframework.org/milestone. With the Spring Security Kerberos Extension, your users are authenticated against your web application just by opening the URL. There is no need to [...]
SpringSource: Chapter Two
Today I want to share some exciting news. We have signed a definitive agreement with VMware, who will acquire SpringSource. Subject to regulatory approval, we expect the transaction to close in Q3. SpringSource will become a division within VMware. I will continue to lead SpringSource, reporting to VMware CEO Paul Maritz.
Today I would like to [...]
dm Server 2.0 M4
dm Server 2.0.0.M4 has been released, and is now available for download.
We've made a lot of progress since 2.0.0.M3, adding a number of new features upon which the users tracking the nightly builds have already given us some excellent feedback. Take a look at the M4 release notes if you're interested in seeing everything that [...]
Spring Integration 1.0.3 Samples: just add Maven
Spring Integration 1.0.3 is now available. You can find links to the download, reference manual, and more at the Spring Integration home. This release includes quite a few changes, but in this blog, I'm going to focus on one in particular. Starting with this version, the samples are fully self-contained and Maven-enabled. That means you [...]
dm Server 2.0 M3
dm Server 2.0.0.M3 has been released, and is now available for download.
In the sprints since 2.0.0.M3, we've made significant progress towards the final release, both in terms of new features, and in defect fixes. Take a look at the M3 release notes if you're interested in seeing everything that we've been working on. Please keep [...]
Pluggable styling with SpringSource Slices
Since we announced SpringSource Slices, a number of users and customers have asked about using Slices to make the styling and branding of their Web sites pluggable. In this blog, I'll demonstrate how easy it is with Slices.
Pluggable styling
I have a standard war file, named styled.host.war, that contains a very simple index.html page:
<html>
<head>
<title>SpringSource Slices Pluggable [...]
Using Yourkit to Find a Memory Leak
I had such a great experience today with Yourkit that I thought I'd write a quick plug. It's been a couple of years since I used it in anger, and even then it was the best tool I could find, but now it really is ultra slick. I haven't done an exhaustive survey [...]
