Craig Walls
Author of 'Spring in Action' and 'Spring AI in Action'
Craig Walls is a Principal Engineer, Java Champion, Alexa Champion, and the author of Spring AI in Action, Spring in Action, and Build Talking Apps. He's a zealous promoter of the Spring Framework, speaking frequently at local user groups and conferences and writing about Spring. When he's not slinging code, Craig is planning his next trip to Disney World or Disneyland and spending as much time as he can with his wife, two daughters, 1 bird and 2 dogs.Presentations
Building Intelligent Spring Applications with Spring AI
9:00 AM MDT
By now, you've no doubt noticed that Generative AI is making waves across many industries. In between all of the hype and doubt, there are several use cases for Generative AI in many software projects. Whether it be as simple as building a live chat to help your users or using AI to analyze data and provide recommendations, Generative AI is becoming a key piece of software architecture.
So how can you implement Generative AI in your projects? Let me introduce you to Spring AI.
For over two decades, the Spring Framework and its immense portfolio of projects has been making complex problems easy for Java developers. And now with the new Spring AI project, adding Generative AI to your Spring Boot projects couldn't be easier! Spring AI brings an AI client and templated prompting that handles all of the ceremony necessary to communicate with common AI APIs (such as OpenAI and Azure OpenAI). And with Spring Boot autoconfiguration, you'll be able to get straight to the point of asking questions and getting answers your application needs.
In this handson workshop, you'll build a complete Spring AIenabled application applying such techniques as prompt templating, Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), conversational history, and tools invocation. You'll also learn prompt engineering techniques that can help your application get the best results with minimal “hallucinations” while minimizing cost.
Building Intelligent Spring Applications with Spring AI
11:00 AM MDT
By now, you've no doubt noticed that Generative AI is making waves across many industries. In between all of the hype and doubt, there are several use cases for Generative AI in many software projects. Whether it be as simple as building a live chat to help your users or using AI to analyze data and provide recommendations, Generative AI is becoming a key piece of software architecture.
So how can you implement Generative AI in your projects? Let me introduce you to Spring AI.
For over two decades, the Spring Framework and its immense portfolio of projects has been making complex problems easy for Java developers. And now with the new Spring AI project, adding Generative AI to your Spring Boot projects couldn't be easier! Spring AI brings an AI client and templated prompting that handles all of the ceremony necessary to communicate with common AI APIs (such as OpenAI and Azure OpenAI). And with Spring Boot autoconfiguration, you'll be able to get straight to the point of asking questions and getting answers your application needs.
In this handson workshop, you'll build a complete Spring AIenabled application applying such techniques as prompt templating, Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), conversational history, and tools invocation. You'll also learn prompt engineering techniques that can help your application get the best results with minimal “hallucinations” while minimizing cost.
Books
Spring AI in Action
by Craig Walls
Generative AI tools like ChatGPT cause an immediate jaw drop for almost everyone who encounters them. Until recently, though, Java developers have had few good tools for adding AI features to existing and new applications. Spring AI, an exciting new extension for Spring and Spring Boot, changes the equation. Spring AI provides generative AI capabilities natively within the framework, so you can stick with Java end-to-end. Spring AI in Action shows you how!
Spring in Action, 6th Edition
by Craig Walls
A new edition of the classic bestseller! Spring in Action, 6th Edition covers all of the new features of Spring 5.3 and Spring Boot 2.4 along with examples of reactive programming, Spring Security for REST Services, and bringing reactivity to your databases. You'll also find the latest Spring best practices, including Spring Boot for application setup and configuration.
Build Talking Apps for Alexa
by Craig Walls
Voice recognition is here at last. Alexa and other voice assistants have now become widespread and mainstream. Is your app ready for voice interaction? Learn how to develop your own voice applications for Amazon Alexa. Start with techniques for building conversational user interfaces and dialog management. Integrate with existing applications and visual interfaces to complement voice-first applications. The future of human-computer interaction is voice, and we’ll help you get ready for it.
Spring in Action, 5th Edition
by Craig Walls
Spring Framework has been making Java developers more productive and successful for over a dozen years, and it shows no signs of slowing down!
Spring in Action, 5th Edition is the fully-updated revision of Manning's bestselling Spring in Action. This new edition includes all Spring 5.0 updates, along with new examples on reactive programming, Spring WebFlux, and microservices. Readers will also find the latest Spring best practices, including Spring Boot for application setup and configuration.
Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.