Topic:

We are very excited to have Matt Raible talk about what's new in Spring 3.1.  This version has a number of new features that will help you write your Java applications efficiently.  

This talk will touch upon the following subjects:

  - Environments and Profiles

  - Servlet 3.0 Support

  - Hibernate 4 Support

  - Cache Abstraction

  - Java Configuration

  - Test Context Support for Configuration Classes and Profiles

Speaker Bio:

Matt has been a speaker at many conferences worldwide, including ApacheCon, JavaZone, Devoxx, No Fluff Just Stuff, and a host of others. He brings a ton of building web applications for most of his adult life.  He started tinkering with the web before Netscape 1.0 was even released and has been building web applications for most of his adult life.

For over 14 years, Matt has helped companies adopt open source technologies (Spring, Hibernate, Apache, Struts, Tapestry, Grails) and use them effectively. 

Matt is an author (Spring Live and Pro JSP), and an active "kick-ass technology" evangelist on http://raibledesigns.com. He is the founder of AppFuse, a project which allows you to get started quickly with Java frameworks, as well as a committer on the Apache Roller and Apache Struts projects. He has had quite a ride in the past few years, serving as the Lead UI Architect for LinkedIn, the UI Architect for Evite.com and the Chief Architect of Web Development at Time Warner Cable. He recently enjoyed an awesome ski season in Utah while consulting atOverstock.com