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Modern Enterprise Java with Spring Boot 4.1 & Spring AI 2.0
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August 12, 2026
Abstract
The Spring ecosystem continues to push Java forward, offering enterprise developers a unified, production-grade foundation for modern microservices and intelligent, agentic applications. In this hands-on session, we’ll explore the major highlights of Spring Boot 4.1—including native gRPC auto-configuration, built-in SSRF mitigation for HTTP clients, automatic context propagation, and faster JPA bootstrapping—and see how these enhancements elevate performance, observability, and security across your microservices stack.
Next, we’ll dive into Spring AI 2.0 to show how AI integration evolves from basic prompt scripts into robust, production-ready Spring components. We’ll cover the unified ToolCallingAdvisor architecture, Model Context Protocol (MCP) server integration using standard Spring annotations (@McpTool), and patterns for building self-correcting agentic workflows. Attendees will walk away with practical, copy-pasteable strategies to build cleaner, safer, and smarter Spring applications today.
Presented by DaShaun Carter
DaShaun is a Spring Developer Advocate at Broadcom and a seasoned software engineer with over 20 years of experience. He is a recognized expert in Redis, Cloud Foundry, and Spring, passionate about building high-performance, scalable software. His career spans diverse sectors including fintech, healthcare, and cybersecurity, featuring leadership roles such as VP of Engineering and Senior Partner Solution Architect. DaShaun is also a keynote speaker, author, Agentic AI Foundation Ambassador, Testcontainer Champion, Raspberry Pi enthusiast, and former professional cheerleader. DaShaun is deliberately practicing to build, run, and manage, better software, faster. When he's not coding, he's a mediocre triathlete.
Location and Time
On the second Wednesday of each month, we meet as a group to discuss the latest and greatest Java related methodologies, technologies and tools. Our meeting space is provided by Improving and is located at 5445 Legacy Dr, Suite 100, Plano, TX 75024.
Social time starts at 6:30 PM, announcements and sponsorship information at 7:00 PM, followed by the presentation which ends by 9:00 PM. Our sponsors provide free food and drink during the social hour. After the presentation has come to an end, we hold a drawing where we give away prizes that are also made possible by our sponsors. We look forward to seeing you there!