SpringSource

Presentation: "Working with Spring Web Flow 2"

Time: Monday 16:30 - 17:45

Location: Grand Ball Room

Abstract:

Web Flow is a Spring Web MVC extension that allows you to define Controllers using a higher-order domain-specific-language. This language is designed to model user interactions that require several requests into the server to complete, or may be invoked from different contexts. This session dives deep into the features of the Web Flow 2 definition language, and illustrates how to use it to create sophisticated controller modules.

In this session you will learn:

  • How to implement reusable controller modules as self-contained bundles that can be refreshed without container restart
  • How to solve the back button problem and duplicate submit problem
  • How to handle Ajax events and render partial responses
  • How to simply data access concerns and prevent lazy loading exceptions by using flow-managed persistence
  • How to secure flows, including their startup
  • How to test your controller logic
  • General best-practices for designing and implementing flows
  • Techniques for achieving flow reuse, including use of flow definition inheritance
  • Guidelines for deploying flows alongside Spring Web MVC multi-action @Controllers
  • How to implement common user interaction patterns such as master detail, wizard, and tabbed UI.

Keith Donald, Lead of Spring Web and Creator of Spring Web Flow

Keith Donald

Keith Donald is a principal and founding partner at SpringSource, the company behind Spring. He is best known in the Spring community for creating Spring Web Flow. At SpringSource, Keith is the lead of the Web Products Team. His team, based in Melbourne, Florida, sustains the development of Spring Web MVC and Web Flow and their associated integrations, and is also responsible for future innovations in the domain of web frameworks.

Since the first Spring Experience in 2005, Keith, with Jay Zimmerman of NoFluffJustStuff Software Symposiums, has served as director of the popular conference series.

Keith is also the principal architect behind SpringSource's state-of-the-art training curriculum, which has provided practical training on Spring to over 3000 students worldwide.

Over his career, Keith, an experienced enterprise software developer and mentor, has built business applications for customers spanning a diverse set of industries including banking, network management, information assurance, education, and retail. He is particularly adept at translating business requirements into technical solutions.

Keith's blog can be found at http://blog.springsource.com/main/author/keithd