Harnessing the Power of Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) Technology With Spring
TS-43350

The popularity of the Spring application framework has reached new heights, with conferences and user groups "springing up" everywhere. The simplicity, flexibility, and power the Spring framework brings to development are compelling reasons to take a closer look.

The primary deployment target for Spring-based applications is an environment composed of Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) technology-based components and utilizing Java EE APIs, such as servlets or a web container. Spring was designed to leverage the Java EE environment around it in a manner that makes Java EE development even easier and to enable features that are outside the scope of Java EE technology. This presentation covers some of the ways Spring can be used within a Java EE container and the advantages this kind of architecture can offer. It discusses the integration points between the two and shows how features such as extended dependency injection and a complete aspect-oriented programming (AOP) pointcut language can be used within a Java EE runtime. It illustrates some of the advantages that combining the two technologies produces, such as increased testability, loose code coupling, and source-code portability. Attendees learn that with Java EE technology and Spring, they are getting a standards-based foundation for a productive development environment that is as simple to use as it is elegant.

This session will be of interest to developers who have heard about Spring but have never used it and architects who are interested in exploring additional technologies to solve higher-level problems.

Attendees should be moderately familiar with Java EE technologies but do not need to have any experience with the Spring framework. Familiarity with the specific principles of dependency injection and AOP will help but is not required.

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