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Spring Certified Professional: Introduction to Spring and Core Configuration

Build foundational knowledge for the Spring Certified Professional exam. This course will teach you core Spring principles and bean management using basic Java configuration: @Configuration, @Bean, and @Import.

James Willett - Pluralsight course - Spring Certified Professional: Introduction to Spring and Core Configuration
by James Willett

What you'll learn

Managing Java dependencies manually often leads to tightly coupled code that's difficult to test and maintain. In this course, Spring Certified Professional: Introduction to Spring and Core Configuration, you’ll learn to effectively manage application components using Spring's core container and foundational Java configuration techniques. First, you’ll explore the fundamental concepts of Spring, including Inversion of Control (IoC), Dependency Injection (DI), and the role of the Application Context and beans. Next, you’ll discover how to define Spring beans using @Configuration and @Bean annotations, and access them programmatically from the Application Context. Finally, you’ll learn how to organize your configurations effectively across multiple Java files using @Import. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of core Spring principles and basic Java configuration needed to effectively manage application components and begin your journey towards Spring certification.

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About the author

James Willett - Pluralsight course - Spring Certified Professional: Introduction to Spring and Core Configuration
James Willett

James is a Principal Software Engineer with 15+ years of industry experience. In the early part of his career James focused on automation and performance testing; leveraging tools and frameworks like Gatling, JMeter and REST Assured. Over the past few years James has begun to concentrate more on DevOps and Platform Engineering related tooling, concepts and frameworks. James is enthralled by the creation of in-depth, artful videos that help others become better software developers, and regularly shares these on his YouTube channel.

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