[SpringIO2019] Boot Loot: Level Up Your Spring Game Like the Pros
Mastering Spring Boot Customization and Configuration
In his Spring I/O 2019 presentation, Joris Kuipers dives deep into the advanced capabilities of Spring Boot, extending beyond its familiar features like autoconfiguration and actuator support. He explores how developers can truly “level up their game” by leveraging custom autoconfiguration and type-safe configuration classes. Kuipers provides practical insights into customizing RestTemplates while ensuring that instrumentation from Boot and Cloud remains intact. The talk also covers strategies for reducing the cardinality of Boot-provided metrics and defining custom ones, as well as handling the migration of older Spring applications to Boot, including considerations for external directories on the classpath.
Throughout this fast-paced session, Joris Kuipers shares a wealth of tips, tricks, and best practices gleaned from his extensive experience with Spring Boot and Cloud in diverse production environments. Whether you’re new to Spring Boot or a seasoned user, this presentation offers hands-on techniques that can be immediately applied to your projects. Key topics include:
- Custom Autoconfiguration and Type-Safe Configuration: Moving beyond basic configurations to create robust and maintainable applications.
RestTemplateCustomization: Ensuring proper instrumentation and integration within Spring Boot and Cloud ecosystems.- Advanced Metrics Management: Reducing cardinality and defining custom metrics for better observability.
- Migrating Legacy Spring Applications: Practical approaches to integrate older applications with the Spring Boot environment.
- Error Handling and Validation: Best practices for managing default error pages and implementing effective bean validation.
Joris Kuipers has been building enterprise Java applications for 25 years and has previously served as a trainer and consultant for SpringSource, continuing to teach Spring training for the Trifork Academy.