Reactive Spring and Spring Boot
Published by O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Using the Spring WebFlux module to build high-performance reactive systems
The latest major releases of the Spring Framework, Spring 5 and Spring Boot 2, take full advantage of the new functional features provided by Java SE 8 as well as the Reactive Streams specification. The new WebFlux module adds Spring's ease of use and Spring Boot's ease of configuration to the design and development of reactive applications, while Reactive Streams allow applications to more efficiently make use of limited resources by adding nonblocking capabilities.
Join expert Ken Kousen to gain the foundation you need to take advantage of reactive programming, the Reactive Streams specification (a widely adopted industry standard), and the WebFlux module.
What you’ll learn and how you can apply it
By the end of this live online course, you’ll understand:
- Spring's convention over configuration and dependency injection
- Spring Boot autoconfiguration and rapid prototyping capabilities
- The Reactive Streams specification and how it contributes to building asynchronous, reactive applications
- How to test those applications with the Spring TestContext Framework
And you’ll be able to:
- Create and customize a Spring application using Spring Boot
- Write applications based on the Reactive Streams specification
- Use the new WebFlux module in Spring 5 to build reactive applications
- Access NoSQL databases like MongoDB using reactive drivers
- Create microservices that implement the Reactive Streams specification with backpressure
- Work with the new WebClient and WebTestClient classes as nonblocking alternatives to the RestTemplate
This live event is for you because...
- You're a Java developer with some experience using Spring who is interested in the latest features in Spring 5 and Spring Boot 2.
- You're a team member or leader who needs to build and support Spring and/or Spring Boot applications, especially those taking advantage of reactive approaches to development.
- You want to learn more about the new trend of writing asynchronous, nonblocking applications.
Prerequisites
- A working knowledge of Java (Familiarity with Java 8 lambdas is useful but not required.)
- Experience with the Spring Framework or completion of a course such as Getting Started with Spring and Spring Boot
- Familiarity with web applications and RESTful services
Recommended preparation:
- Take Getting Started with Spring and Spring Boot (live online training course by Ken Kousen)
- Read Modern Java Recipes (book)
Recommended follow-up:
- Read Hands-On Reactive Spring Programming (book)
Schedule
The time frames are only estimates and may vary according to how the class is progressing.
Installing and configuring Spring using Spring Boot (25 minutes)
- Lecture: Using the Initializr page with reactive features; automatic configuration in Spring Boot
- Hands-on exercise: Create a Spring application with the WebFlux module
Spring capabilities (30 minutes)
- Lecture: Using dependency injection; Java configuration classes; annotations and component scans
- Hands-on exercise: Use dependency injection and configure Spring beans
Break (10 minutes)
Testing Spring applications (25 minutes)
- Lecture: The Spring TestContext Framework; injecting test fixtures; rolling back transactions
- Hands-on exercise: Write tests using WebTestClient
Reactive Spring applications (30 minutes)
- Lecture: Reactive Streams and Spring; the Spring WebFlux module; Flux and Mono
- Hands-on exercise: Use Flux and Mono
Break (10 minutes)
Reactive issues (30 minutes)
- Lecture: Latency; reactive and event-loop programming; the pull versus push model; backpressure
- Hands-on exercise: Use the WebFlux module
Additional material, wrap-up, and Q&A (20 minutes)
- Lecture: HATEOAS and the Hal Browser; Spring services (messaging, email, and more); and resources for future study
Your Instructor
Ken Kousen
Ken Kousen is the author of the Kotlin Cookbook (O'Reilly), Modern Java Recipes (O'Reilly), Gradle Recipes for Android (O’Reilly), and Making Java Groovy (Manning), as well as O’Reilly video courses in Android, Groovy, Gradle, advanced Java, and Spring. A JavaOne Rock Star, he’s a regular speaker on the No Fluff Just Stuff conference tour and has spoken at conferences all over the world. Through his company, Kousen I.T., Inc., he’s taught software development training courses to thousands of students.