Spring (EN/NL/FR)

In this 3 day ABIS course we will mainly focus on the core of Spring (Boot) and the ingredients needed to build a full application (front to back) based on the framework.

Intended for architects, designers and developers who wish to learn how to use the Spring framework for building enterprise Java applications. A good knowledge of Java programming is required when attending this course. The participant should also have a basic understanding of common Java EE APIs: Servlets, JSP and JDBC.

Remark: Course description in English; Dutch and French versions are available on the ABIS website. Courses are planned in Dutch, English, and French. Consult the ABIS website for alternate course formats.

Main topics:

• Introduction: What is Spring - Architecture
• Spring Core: 
  • Using Spring Boot
  • The container
  • Bean declaration and wiring of beans via XML, annotations or Java configuration
  • Bean lifecycle and Bean Scopes
  • Environments, Profiles and Runtime Value Injection
• Testing in Spring
• Aspect-oriented Spring (AOP): Aspects, advices, pointcuts
• Database support
  • Configuring datasources
  • Integration with JDBC
• Building basic web applications with Spring MVC and Thymeleaf
  • Writing a basic controller
  • Processing forms

Intended for/Audience: Architects, designers and developers who wish to learn how to use the Spring framework for building enterprise Java applications.

Background/Prerequisites: A good knowledge of Java programming (see course Java programming) is required.⁞The participant should also have a basic understanding of the common Java EE APIs: Servlets, JSP and JDBC (see courses Java EE: building web applications with servlets & JSPs and JDBC).

Training Method/Didactics: Classroom instruction and exercises.

Duration: 3 days.