Latest project links and version details

[Ben Alex]

Thanks for your interest in Spring Roo. This thread will always contain details of the latest release and major project resources.

• Latest production released version: Spring Roo 1.0.2.RELEASE (download)
• Latest development released version: Spring Roo 1.1.0.M3 (download | blog)
• Project home page: http://www.springframework.org/roo
• Online documentation: http://static.springsource.org/sprin...nce/index.html
• Download site: http://www.springsource.com/download...t=Spring%20Roo
• Support forum: http://forum.springsource.org/forumdisplay.php?f=67
• Jira issue tracker: http://jira.springframework.org/browse/ROO
• Twitter: @SpringRoo - include @SpringRoo in your Tweets, follow @SpringRoo for announcements, or follow the Roo team members for development updates
• Fisheye source monitoring URL: https://fisheye.springsource.org/browse/spring-roo
• Git URL: git clone git://git.springsource.org/roo/roo.git

Extra Roo add-ons you can install (there are also many base add-ons that ship with Roo):

• Cloud Foundry: see http://forum.springsource.org/showthread.php?p=267357
• Spring Surf: video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdfNbfdoIaU
• Flex Integration: source repository https://anonsvn.springframework.org/...ches/roo-addon
• SpringSource Bundlor integration: source repository git://git.springsource.org/bundlor/roo-addon.git

Recent Roo interviews:

• InfoQ SpringOne Interview with Ben Alex, Founder and Lead of Spring Roo (January 2010)
• Oredev 2009 presentation video with Ben Alex (November 2009)
• Techcast Podcast with Ben (November 2009)
• InfoWorld interview with Rod Johnson, Founder of Spring and CEO of SpringSource (June 2009)
• InfoQ interview with Ben (May 2009)
• SD Times interview with Ben (October 2009)
• InfoQ Code Generation interview with Ben (September 2009)

Inside the Roo release you will find around 100 pages of documentation, including how to install Roo, complete the ten minute test, and several tutorials. Other resources you might find useful include:

• Spring MVC Relationships: Maciej Biłas covers optional relationships with Roo 1.0.0 (February 2010)
• Spring Roo tutorial: Guido Herrmann introduces Spring Roo 1.0.0 (February 2010)
• DZone Spring Roo 1.0.0 blog: Mitchell Pronschinske introduces Spring Roo 1.0.0 (January 2010)
• Introduction to Roo 1.0.0 Video: Conference presentation delivered by Ben (released January 2010)
• Extreme Web Productivity with Roo 1.0.0 Slides: Conference presentation delivered by Stefan Schmidt, Software Engineer on the Roo team (released January 2010)
• Introduction to Roo 1.0.0 Slides: Conference presentation delivered by Ben (updated December 2009)
• Technical Deep Dive into Roo 1.0.0: Conference presentation delivered by Ben (updated December 2009)
• Push-In Refactoring Roo Apps: Blog by Dhruba Bandopadhyay covers how to use AJDT's push-in refactor with a Roo-based app (December 2009)
• Jump into Roo for extreme Java productivity: Ben covers the project goals, vision and differentiation from other similar tools (May 2009)
• Getting Started with Spring Roo: Ben continues the introducing Roo series by building a wedding RSVP application for his upcoming wedding (May 2009)
• Exploring Roo's Architecture: Ben concludes the introducing Roo series by exploring Roo's architecture and internals (June 2009)
• Introducing Spring Roo entry: Stefan shows how to install the original alpha Roo release and build a shopping application (May 2009)
• JMS and Email Integration with Security: Stefan explores the email and JMS add-ons that are included in Roo 1.0.0.M1+ (May 2009)
• First community-created Roo video: Massimiliano Dessi's blog has a great video showing using Roo 1.0.0.M2 to build a project (July 2009)
• Roo slides from the July 2009 PSUG meeting: Ken Rimple's slides as presented to the the Philadelphia Spring Users Group (July 2009)
• SpringOne Europe Video InfoQ video of Ben Alex's presentation (note that Roo has evolved considerably since this was filmed and certain content is out-of-date; April 2009).
• Future of Java Innovation keynote from SpringOne Europe 2009 when Roo was first showed to the world (April 2009)

If you have any questions, please post a thread on this support forum.