SpringSource's Ben Alex talks about Spring Roo, Spring Shell and Spring Security 3.0

Posted in Development, Broadcasting, Frameworks, Java, Interview, Spring on January 07, 2010


SpringSource's Ben Alex talks about Spring Roo, Spring Shell and Spring Security 3.0
Summary
Dr Ben Alex, The Project Lead of the Spring Roo code generator project, discusses using Roo on an existing project, building custom templates and add-ons for Roo, and how its capabilities compare to other productivity tools such as Grails. The interview goes on to look at the related Spring Shell project and discusses Spring Security 3.0, which Ben Alex founded.

Bio
Dr Ben Alex is a Principal Software Engineer with SpringSource, and has been working professionally in software since 1995. Ben founded the Spring Security project in 2003 and led its development into a popular, open-source security framework. More recently Ben founded and serves as lead of the Spring Roo and Spring Shell projects.

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