S5E05 - Spring and AWS with James Ward

About this episode

The episode explores the integration of Spring Boot with AWS, featuring insights from James Ward on building AI-driven applications.

Join Dan Vega and DaShaun Carter for an exploration of the modern Java landscape with James Ward, Principal Developer Advocate at AWS. In this episode, we bridge the gap between Spring Boot and the AWS cloud, diving into how developers can leverage Amazon Bedrock and Spring AI to build production-ready applications. James will share his "no-nonsense" take on building agentic systems, including a look at the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and how it allows Spring developers to connect AI agents to their internal data and services securely. You can participate in our live stream to ask questions or catch the replay on your preferred podcast platform. Show Notes: DevNexus https://jamesward.com James Ward on LinkedIn

People in this episode

Hosts: Dan Vega, DaShaun Carter

Guest: James Ward

Topics covered

• Spring Boot
• AWS cloud
• Java landscape
• AI agents
• production-ready applications
• Model Context Protocol

Keywords

• Spring Boot
• AWS
• Java
• AI
• Model Context Protocol
• Amazon Bedrock
• agentic systems

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: AWS, Amazon Bedrock, Spring AI, DevNexus, LinkedIn

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