Master the fundamentals of Spring Framework 6 while learning from the real-world experiences of Spring experts. Over the course of this book, you'll learn how to leverage Spring 6 in tandem with the Kotlin programming language to build complex enterprise applications from top to bottom. From monoliths to cloud native apps for streaming microservices, you’ll gain insight into every aspect of the process, including transactions, data access, persistence, and web and presentation tiers.

As you progress through the book, the authors demonstrate how to run Kotlin with a single command, deploy new utility methods in String class, use Local-Variable Syntax for Lambda Parameters Nested Based Access Control, read/write strings to and from files, and using Flight Recorder. Also, a whole new generation of dependencies are available, and you’ll see exactly how to make optimal use of them. A full sample application will show you how to apply Spring 6’s new tools and techniques and see how they work together.

After reading this comprehensive book, you'll be ready to build your own Spring applications using Kotlin.

Chapter 1: Introducing Spring

Chapter 2: Getting Started

Chapter 3: Introducing loC and DI in Spring

Chapter 4: Advanced Spring Configuration and Spring Boot

Chapter 5: Spring AOP

Chapter 6: Spring Data Access with JDBC

Chapter 7: Spring with Hibernate

Chapter 8: Spring with JPA

Chapter 9: Spring Transaction Management

Chapter 1 0: Spring Data with SQL and NoSQL Databases

Chapter 11: Validation, Formatting, and Type Conversion

Chapter 12: Task Scheduling

Chapter 13: Spring Remoting

Chapter 14: Spring MVC

Chapter 15: Spring REST Support

Chapter 16: Spring Native and Other Goodies

Chapter 17: Securing Spring Web Applications

Chapter 18: Monitoring Spring Applications

Chapter 19: Spring WebSocket Support

Chapter 20: Reactive Spring

What You Will Learn

• Explore what's new in Spring Framework 6 and the Kotlin APIs it supports
• Leverage a new generation of dependencies
• Build complex enterprise monoliths, cloud-native applications, and microservices
• Master data access, persistence, and transactions
• Use with Spring Batch, Integration, and other key Spring modules
• Integrate Spring 6 with Hibernate and other third party APIs and packages

Who This Book Is For

Experienced Kotlin and Java software developers and programmers. Some previous experience with Spring is highly recommended. 

About the Author

Peter Späth graduated in 2002 as a physicist and soon afterward became an IT consultant, mainly for Java-related projects. In 2016, he decided to concentrate on writing books on various aspects, but with a main focus on software development. With two books about graphics and sound processing, three books on Android app development, and several books on Kotlin, Java and Jakarta EE development, the author continues his effort in writing software development-related literature.

Iuliana Cosmina is a Spring Certified Web Developer and a Spring Certified Core Spring Professional. She is a Spring certified expert, as defined by Pivotal, the makers of Spring Framework, Boot and other tools. She has authored books with Apress on Core Spring certification and Spring Certified web development. She is a Lead Engineer at Cloudsoft, Edinburgh and is an active coder and software contributor on Apache Brooklyn, GitHub, StackOverflow and more.

Rob Harrop is a software consultant specializing in delivering high-performance, highly-scalable enterprise applications. He is an experienced architect with a particular flair for understanding and solving complex design issues. With a thorough knowledge of both Java and .NET, Harrop has successfully deployed projects across both platforms. He also has extensive experience across a variety of sectors, retail and government in particular. Harrop is the author of five books, including Pro Spring, a widely-acclaimed, comprehensive resource on the Spring Framework.

Chris Schaefer is a Principle Software Developer for Spring project at Pivotal, the makers of Spring Framework, Boot and other Spring tools.

Clarence Ho is the Senior Java Architect of a HK-based software consultancy firm, SkywideSoft Technology Limited. Having been worked in the IT field for over 20 years, Clarence had been the team leader of many in-house application development projects, as well as providing consultancy services on enterprise solutions to clients.