Series
In this series, I'll cover Spring Boot framework in detail
Introduction Before diving into any framework, it's essential to understand why we need one in the first place. You might wonder, if I can accomplish tasks using just the Java language and its features, why invest time in learning an entire framework...
Introduction As discussed in From Tight Coupling to Loose Coupling: The Spring Boot Advantage - PART 1 in this article we'll see how Spring Beans are helpful in achieving loose coupling even when you're already using Java Interfaces. Before we procee...
Introduction In Java, a Spring Bean is an object that is created and managed by Spring IoC container. In Java-based configuration, Beans can be defined using @Configuration and @Bean annotations. There are multiple ways to define and configure beans,...
Introduction In this article we'll explore two annotations @Bean and @Component. Both these annotations are used to define Spring Beans - objects that'll be managed by Spring IoC container. However, they're used in different contexts as per project's...
Introduction Dependency Injection is a way to create and inject objects by Spring IoC container rather than application objects creating their own dependencies. There are three types of Dependency Injections supported in Spring: Field Injection, Sett...
Introduction Lazy initialization refers to delaying the creation and initialization of a Bean until it is requested for the first time, rather than at the application context start-up. Lazy initialization of beans which are rarely used can help manag...
