The Spring Framework is an open source application framework for Java. This framework has taken the Java software community by storm. Its popularity continues to rise and expand to other development communities like .NET. Spring provides the technology to develop everything from small, stand-alone applications to large, complex, enterprise systems out of simple POJOs (plain old Java objects).
In this class, students learn Spring Web application development. In particular, students learn Spring MVC and Spring Web Flow 2. Spring MVC is Spring's Model 2 framework for developing Web applications. Web Flow is an extension to Spring MVC for building and running rich Web applications. Web Flow provides better Web work flow support and also provides support for Ajax development and integration of JavaServer Faces.
Course Number
INT2434.1
Learning Objectives
After completing this course students will:
- Learn how to download, set up and configure the Spring MVC module and Web Flow project extension
- Understand how to assemble a web application with Spring controllers, handler mappings and view resolvers
- Explore Spring MVC's tag library for Web input forms and displays
- Learn how Spring MVC can easily render Excel spreadsheets, PDF documents and other non-HTML output
- Understand how Spring Web Flow can be used to build Web-based work flows or reusable sequence of steps
Audience
This class is designed for Java Web application programmers with a need to understand Spring Framework's suppport for Web development.
Length
2 days