Sam Brannen, Spring Source Limited

Sam Brannen is a Senior Software Engineer at SpringSource where he serves as a member of the core development team for the Spring Framework. He has been developing Java applications since 1996 and enterprise applications since 1999. During this time, Sam has enjoyed designing complex software architectures and implementing custom software solutions with a focus on multi-tiered, web-based, client-server applications using Java (J2EE/Java EE) and the Spring Framework.

Prior to joining SpringSource, Sam gained experience building applications for customers in various business sectors ranging from e-commerce to banking, retail, automotive, and social communities. Sam has a degree in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA, USA) and currently resides in Southampton, UK

Presentation: "Testing by Example with Spring 2.5"

Track: Solution Track - Friday

Time: Friday 11:00 - 12:00

Location: Rutherford Room

Abstract:

As the leading full-stack application framework for Java SE and Java EE, the Spring Framework delivers significant benefits for many projects, increasing development productivity and runtime performance while improving test coverage and application quality.

This session will provide attendees an in-depth look at the new annotation-based TestContext framework for unit and integration tests in Spring 2.5 straight from the author. Specifically, Sam will highlight the internals of the testing support and show the audience how to get up and running quickly with hands-on examples.

This talk will cover topics ranging from testing Spring application contexts to transactional integration tests against a database, configuring test fixtures via dependency injection, and extending the TestContext framework for custom testing needs.