By Rossen Stoyanchev

Following on Juergen's talk on the upcoming Spring 3.2 release, this presentation will focus on what's new specifically in the area of Spring MVC. The presentation will explain all noteworthy features and, as is usual with every new release, there will be a lot to discuss including Servlet-based async request support, content negotiation enhancements, REST error handling, @MVC test support, and much more.

The talk does not provide an overview of Spring MVC but rather assumes a level of experience and focuses on covering what's new.

By Rossen Stoyanchev

The WebSockets technology promises to fill a niche in web applications by enabling browsers and servers to exchange messages with high frequency, low latency and low bandwith requirements in full duplex mode. The WebSocket protocol is an IETF standard, the WebSocket API is almost standardized by the W3C, and the JSR-356 will deliver a Java API in Java EE 7. There are already implementations in node.js and in a number of Servlet containers and Java frameworks. The time is as good as ever to start digging into it and there is so much to consider — from getting familiar with the protocol and the API, to sorting through the choices on the browser and on the server side, practical challenges with browser support and network issues, and so on. Furthermore, WebSockets offer a messaging-style architecture that's in sharp contrast to the RESTful architectures that connect the web today, so learning where to draw the line will be essential.

Come to this presentation for a thorough introduction to WebSockets and some practical advice on using it in your applications.

By Rossen Stoyanchev

This year Sam Brannen and Rossen Stoyanchev are excited to present new developments in Spring 3.2 which include comprehensive support for testing web applications and context hierarchies with the Spring TestContext Framework as well as comprehensive support for out-of-container Spring MVC tests.

Come to this session to see these new Spring Web testing features in action.