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Spring AI

Basics
3 Days
12
Seats
German and English
Online and in-person
Available on request

Also available as in-house training

We run this training exclusively for your team, online or on site.
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Objectives

  • Get a practical, comprehensive introduction to the development of modern, AI-supported applications with Spring AI.
  • Learn the basics of Spring AI.
  • Get to know advanced concepts such as Tool Calling, RAG and MCP.
  • Integrate existing language models such as ChatGPT, Claude or Ollama efficiently and securely into your Spring Boot application.

Curriculum

  • Create a Spring AI project
  • Understanding and using prompts
    • Introduction to prompting with Spring AI
    • Roles and their tasks
    • Using prompt templates
    • Creating unstructured and structured outputs
  • Brief introduction to prompt engineering
    • Characteristics of a good prompt
    • Techniques for prompt improvement
  • Testing AI-based applications
    • Why a simple assert is no longer enough
    • Use and creation of evaluators
    • Automating infrastructure with test containers
  • Multi-modality and multi-model
    • Processing different input and output types
    • Use of different models
  • Advisors
    • Creating and using Advisors and AdvisorChain
    • Popular advisors in Spring AI
  • Conversational Memory
    • Saving contexts for stateless AI models
    • Standard implementations in Spring AI
    • Custom data stores and further customization options
  • Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)
    • Introduction to RAG
    • Integration of Vector Stores in Spring AI
    • RAG implementations in Spring AI
    • Creating your own RAG implementations
  • Tool Calling
    • Providing your own APIs
  • Model Context Protocol
    • Integrate external services via MCP client
    • Create your own MCP server
  • Agents
    • What is an agent?
    • Patterns for the implementation of agents
  • Observability
    • Metrics and tracing in Spring AI

Audience

Software developers and software architects with basic knowledge of Java and Spring Boot.

Practical experience in the use of AI systems is helpful but not necessary.

Description

Everyone is talking about AI and you want to integrate ChatGPT, Claude or another model into your Spring application? Maybe you’ve already experimented with Spring AI yourself?

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Then you’ve come to the right place!

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In this training course, we will cover everything you need to know to really understand Spring AI and use it in your projectsin a structured way, from the basics to advanced concepts. From the interchangeable integration of different models, the implementation of good user and system prompts and the provision of your own data and APIs, to the development of independent agents, you will learn how to create your own applications and implement complex requirements using practical examples.

Trainers

Thorben Janssen

Freelance Consultant

Main Skills

JPA & Hibernate

In-house Training

You can also book this training as an in-house training course exclusively for your team. Please use the enquiry form for more details.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the maximum number of participants in a training session?

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Are meals provided during in-person training sessions?

Of course, we’ll take care of your meals during our in-person training sessions. We usually provide snacks twice a day and lunch. Drinks are also available.

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We offer you the most comprehensive training program for software architecture in the German-speaking region – accredited and certified by iSAQB®.

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Our experienced trainers are renowned experts in the industry and have co-developed 80 percent of the module curricula, both in terms of content and teaching methodology.

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The total price is reduced for as few as two participants from your company. Furthermore, you benefit from early bird pricing and enhanced planning certainty.

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