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Why the lifecycle is so important

Why the lifecycle is so important

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Why the lifecycle is so important

- [Instructor] The lifecycle of a Spring application explains the various states your application goes through while being managed by the Spring framework. It is critical for Spring developers to fully understand this lifecycle and in my opinion, this is the meat and potatoes of this entire course. So let's talk about why the knowledge of the framework is so critical for a Spring developer. Knowledge of the lifecycle increases overall knowledge of Spring. As you learn how the parts fit together in the lifecycle, you will gain understanding of how to use the framework in a way the designers intended it to be used. It also will improve the extensibility of the framework for you. You will learn how to write custom processors that interact with beans or the bean factory, at appropriate times in the lifecycle to add behavior to your application or to just individual classes. It can also aid in troubleshooting by providing a…

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