Introduction to Aspect-oriented Programming with AspectJ

Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP) enables modularizing implementation of crosscutting concerns that abound in practice: logging, tracing, dynamic profiling, error handling, service-level agreement, policy enforcement, pooling, caching, concurrency control, security, transaction management, business rules, and so forth. Traditional implementation of these concerns requires you to fuse their implementation with the core concern of a module. With AOP, you can implement each of the concerns in a separate module called aspect. The result of such modular implementation is simplified design, improved understandability, improved quality, reduced time to market, and expedited response to system requirement changes. Come to this session and learn all about how AOP can help you simplify developing complex systems.

AspectJ (http://eclipse.org/aspectj) is the leading implementation of AOP for the Java programming language. AspectJ is a new language as well as its implementation. The output produced by the AspectJ compiler is compatible with the Java byte code specification. Further, AspectJ is well integrated with the most commonly used IDEs, which makes the Java developer more productive.

This session is targeted at the developer with no or little familiarity with AOP and AspectJ. It will introduce AOP’s concepts and the AspectJ programming language, along with many examples and live coding to solidify the concepts learned. After attending the session, you will have a clear idea about AOP's value and its practical applications.

About Ramnivas Laddad

Ramnivas Laddad is a well-known expert in enterprise Java, especially in the area of AOP and Spring. He is a Spring Framework and Cloud Foundry committer. Ramnivas is also the author of AspectJ in Action, the best-selling book on AOP and AspectJ that has been lauded by industry experts for its presentation of practical and innovative AOP applications to solve real-world problems. He has spoken at many leading industry events including JavaOne, JavaPolis, No Fluff Just Stuff, SpringOne, and O'Reilly OSCON. In recent years, Ramnivas has become a Scala fan. Ramnivas lives in the Silicon Valley.

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