From the course: Spring: Framework in Depth

What you should know

From the course: Spring: Framework in Depth

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What you should know

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- [Instructor] Before we kick off our learning of the Spring framework in depth, there are a few things that you need to know and have set up on your machine. The spring framework itself is written in Java and was designed for the JBM. We'll be using Java as our development language in this course. We'll be running Java 11. Now, you need to have the JDK installed for development in Java, not just a JRE. Make sure your installation on your machine is a JDK. It can be either OpenJDK or Oracle JDK, as long as it's a Java development kit. Both sources have very good instructions on downloading and installing the JDK on your machine and I suggest you follow the directions for your operating system. You will need to have some basic understanding of the Java language. I won't be using any of the more advanced language constructs, but you need to be able to understand the Java code quickly to be successful. I'm not focusing any time on Java. You also should have a good IDE that you're comfortable with. I personally am going to use IntelliJ Ultimate Edition for my development. I use these tools every day, so I'm most comfortable with them. You definitely don't need to use a paid-for IDE to be successful in this course. Many of the actions I'm going to use in my IDE exist in all of the other IDEs natively or through plug-ins, including all of the free versions. Just understand how to use your IDE, that is the most important aspect. We will also be using Maven for dependency management, but we won't really focus on it very much at all. Just ensure either you have Maven installed on your machine, or have it as part of your IDE. Maven provides excellent documentation of each operating system and the installation to either package managers or natively. Now, there is a little bit of prerequisite knowledge that you will need to be successful in this course. The first one is just some basic Spring knowledge. You don't need to be an expert, but some understanding of the framework and its utilization will help you grasp the deeper constructs on how the framework itself operates. I have a course on LinkedIn Learning, called 'Learning Spring with Spring Boot', that should give you a good jumpstart. As previously mentioned, you should know Java. Now, Spring can be used with other JVM languages, like Kotlin, for instance. But, in this course, we're going to use Java. If you need a refresher on that, there are several good courses in the LinkedIn Learning library on Java as a language. You should also understand the basics of Maven, just so you can grasp the dependency management that we will be leveraging with our work. If you want a refresher on Maven, I have a course on that topic as well in the LinkedIn Learning library. Finally, we'll be talking about aspecting and aspect-oriented programming. It would be good for you to have an understanding of the conceptual level of AOP before we get too deep into how the framework itself operates, as it's critical to the operation of Spring and we're going to extend that as well. So just some basic understanding that you can get from reading on the web. And that's about it, so let's get ready to jump into Spring in depth.

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