Spring 5 Framework

Skill Goal:
Build a strong conceptual understanding of the Spring Framework architecture and its role in enterprise application development.

Skills Developed:

• Explain Spring Framework architecture and design philosophy

• Identify key components of the Spring ecosystem

• Understand how Spring supports enterprise application development

• Analyze real-world enterprise use cases of Spring

Sprint Outcome:
Ability to clearly explain Spring architecture and connect it to enterprise software design needs.

Skill Goal:
Apply core IoC and Dependency Injection principles to build loosely coupled applications.

Skills Developed:

• Implement Inversion of Control (IoC) principles

• Apply constructor-based and setter-based Dependency Injection

• Understand Spring beans and their lifecycle

• Manage bean scopes effectively

Sprint Outcome:
Ability to design modular and loosely coupled applications using Spring IoC container.

Skill Goal:
Configure Spring applications using multiple configuration approaches.

Skills Developed:

• Configure Spring applications using XML

• Apply Java-based configuration

• Use annotations for component scanning

• Implement stereotype annotations for bean definition

Sprint Outcome:
Ability to configure and manage Spring applications using modern annotation-based approaches.

Skill Goal:
Use Spring’s ApplicationContext to manage and retrieve beans effectively.

Skills Developed:

• Use ApplicationContext for bean management

• Differentiate between BeanFactory and ApplicationContext

• Retrieve and manage beans programmatically

• Understand container behavior and lifecycle

Sprint Outcome:
Ability to efficiently manage application components using Spring container mechanisms.

Skill Goal:
Implement advanced dependency injection patterns and best practices.

Skills Developed:

• Apply constructor-based and setter-based injection strategies

• Implement autowiring techniques

• Refactor code using DI best practices

• Improve bean wiring and maintainability

Sprint Outcome:
Ability to structure scalable applications with clean and maintainable dependency management.

Skill Goal:
Control bean lifecycle and scope for efficient application behaviour.

Skills Developed:

• Apply singleton and prototype scopes

• Implement lifecycle callbacks

• Use @PostConstruct and @PreDestroy annotations

• Manage initialization and destruction processes

Sprint Outcome:
Ability to manage bean lifecycle and optimize application performance using scope strategies.

Skill Goal:
Build database-driven applications using Spring JDBC.

Skills Developed:

• Configure database connectivity in Spring

• Use JdbcTemplate for database operations

• Execute CRUD operations

• Manage result sets and data mapping

Sprint Outcome:
Ability to build reliable database-integrated applications using Spring JDBC.

Skill Goal:
Implement structured exception handling and logging strategies in Spring applications.

Skills Developed:

• Handle exceptions using Spring mechanisms

• Implement centralized error handling

• Integrate logging frameworks

• Apply structured logging practices

Sprint Outcome:
Ability to build robust and maintainable applications with proper logging and error handling.

Skill Goal:
Develop full web applications using the Spring MVC framework.

Skills Developed:

• Apply MVC architecture principles

• Create controllers and handle HTTP requests

• Work with models and views

• Manage request-response lifecycle

Sprint Outcome:
Ability to build functional web applications using Spring MVC.

Skill Goal:
Prepare Spring applications for production environments.

Skills Developed:

• Structure and organize Spring projects

• Package applications for deployment

• Understand deployment workflows

• Understand transition path from Spring Framework to Spring Boot

Sprint Outcome:
Ability to structure, package, and prepare Spring applications for real-world deployment environments.

Project Goal:

Apply dashboard interpretation skills to analyze a real-world business scenario and make data-driven recommendations.

Skills Demonstrated:

• Analyze a real-world Tableau dashboard

• Identify key KPIs and business metrics

• Apply filters and drill-downs to explore data

• Detect trends, anomalies, and insights

• Interpret performance results

• Develop business recommendations

• Present insights clearly to stakeholders

• Support decisions using data-backed reasoning