Java Spring: Spring Application Basics

Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
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Overview/Description
The Spring Framework is one of the most popular application development frameworks for creating enterprise Java applications. The incorporated best practices and infrastructure support provided by the framework simplifies application buildup and breakdown, allowing developers to spend more time on business logic. In addition to the core framework, there are several active Spring Projects available to make developing specific types of applications, or implementing certain concerns in Java applications easier. In this course, you will learn the basics of the Spring Framework including setting up an environment for developing Spring applications, about Spring beans, about Spring xml configuration, and about dependency injection and autowiring using Spring.

Target Audience
Java developers seeking to learn the basics of creating Spring applications |

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
3.2

Lesson Objectives

Java Spring: Spring Application Basics

start the course

recognize what the Spring Framework is and how it can be used

download, configure, and run Spring Tool Suite

recognize what the Maven build tool is and how to download and install Maven

create a new Java project in Spring Tool Suite and build a Java project using Maven via the command line

recognize how to use Maven to manage dependencies within Spring Tool Suite

create a Java application that runs atop the Spring framework

recognize what a Spring bean is and how to create Spring beans

recognize the different scopes a Spring bean can be set to

create a Spring application context using various methods

configure a bean to set properties using a custom constructor

configure a bean to set properties using the properties tag

configure a bean to set collection properties

configure a Spring bean using the p-namespace

use setter injection to set up bean dependencies

use constructor injection to set up bean dependencies

use values set in external files to set bean properties

create and use an anonymous inner bean that is used to configure an outer bean property

define methods that run after a bean is instantiated and before a bean is destroyed

recognize what Spring autowiring is and how it is used

autowire bean properties based on class type

autowire bean properties based on name

autowire bean properties based on custom constructors

use default autowiring in a Spring bean configuration file

understand setting up an environment for developing and creating Spring applications

Course Number:
jl_spng_a01_it_enus

Expertise Level
Beginner