One of the things I love about the Grails environment is that it comes with a handy bootstrap.groovy file. This will run at startup of the Spring container. I frequently use this to setup expected data, or to create test data for integration / functional tests. It can be a very convenient way to seed […]Continue reading
Spring Integration is a very powerful module in the Spring Framework. It was originally inspired by pivotal book in computer science called Enterprise Integration Patterns written by Gregor Hohpe and Bobby Woolf. While the Gang of Four focused their work on software design patterns, Enterprise Integration Patterns is focused on how disparate systems communicate with […]Continue reading
This is a simple hello world example using Spring Framework 4. We will use Spring Boot and Spring Initializer to get things kicked off easily. Video Tutorial Follow this quick video tutorial to get a Spring Boot starter project. Step by Step Instructions Get Starter Project from Spring Initializer Step One Go to the Spring […]Continue reading
Spring Boot is a recent addition to the Spring Framework. It makes starting a Spring based project crazy easy. Before the days of Spring Boot, you as the developer were responsible for creating a project and managing the dependencies. Now you can use the Spring Initializer to download a ready made project with common dependencies […]Continue reading
