Spring Into a Career in App Modernization

The importance of and need for modern apps

Look at any industry anywhere in the world, and you’ll find that it uses software to get work done every day. And not just general software like spreadsheets and email, but specialized and industry-specific software. In fact, large organizations will often create their own software to help them be more productive. This has gone on for a while, and that is a big problem.

Software and applications that businesses created years ago can’t use all the new technologies that organizations rely on today. These legacy apps don’t talk to the cloud and aren’t flexible enough to change as user needs change.

The reality is that organizations use cloud heavily, and user needs are changing fast. In fact, some analysts predict that to gain business agility, enterprises will need to modernize over half of their existing applications by 2023. This has driven a massive surge in the need for people who have the skills to modernize application.

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The use of enterprise Java to develop modern apps

Organizations used a wide variety of programming languages and tools to create custom apps. Some of those languages are not in common use today, while others have done well. But the programming world needed a language that could work in just about any environment, instead of requiring a proprietary or little-used environment to work.

Java became that language.

Java is different from other programming languages in several ways, but one key difference is that Java can run on any device by using the Java Virtual Machine. This means a Java app can run on desktop, server, embedded systems, mobile devices, and just about anywhere else. This makes Java an ideal programming language for updating applications that were originally built for very specific hardware and couldn’t run anywhere else.

Given the need for app modernization discussed above, it makes sense that Java is one of the top five most in-demand languages for app development and is the third most sought-after programming language overall for hiring managers globally.

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How the Spring platform and Spring Boot facilitate and accelerates Java development

The portability benefits of Java already make it a natural choice for app modernization because modern apps should run anywhere by definition. But there are other benefits to using Java, such as the availability of the Spring platform. As a result, Spring is the most popular Java framework.

For example, the Spring platform makes it faster and easier to create code that connect and scale to any cloud and to create apps that connect to any data store. The platform also makes microservices—which play an important role in modern apps—quick and easy for Java developers. As an added benefit, the Spring platform allows developers to use their existing Java development skills rather than requiring them to learn new ones.

While the Spring platform makes it easier to develop in Java, Spring Boot adds ease-of-use at the application level. For example, Spring Boot greatly simplifies deployment of applications to various platforms. This reflects the fact that Spring Boot is highly autoconfigured and handles many of the configuration tasks that would otherwise fall to the developer.

Overview of Spring and Spring Boot course from IT Academy

IT Academy provides IT courses that meet real-world needs and prepare people for the jobs that are in demand. Our Spring and Spring Boot course, titled “Spring: Core Training,” includes hands-on experience with key features of Spring and Spring Boot. This includes configuration, data access, REST, AOP, autoconfiguration, actuator, security, and the Spring testing framework. This 40-hour course serves as a foundation for creating enterprise and cloud-ready applications.

Additionally, the course helps prepare students for the Spring Professional certification exam. Application developers who want to increase their understanding of Spring and Spring Boot with hands-on experience and a focus on fundamentals will find this course invaluable. The course prepares learners for job roles such as Spring Core Java Developer – App Modernization, Software Developer Container Platform, Native Software Developer, and Site Reliability Engineer.

If you’d like to learn more about the Spring: Core Training course, you’ll find more information about it and all of our courses on the IT Academy website. We look forward to hearing from you.