Ken Kousen

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January 13, 2025

Spring AI

Combining the OpenAI API with Java and the Spring Framework Course outcomes Connect to LLM tools like ChatGPT message chains, prompt templates, and output parsers using Spring AI Take advantage of ...

January 27, 2025

Managing your manager

Many times, management decisions can seem capricious, arbitrary, or frustrating, but it doesn't have to be that way. In this three-hour hands-on course, Java Champion Ken Kousen shares the tips and ...

January 30 & 31, 2025

Functional Programming in Java

Working with streams, lambda expressions, and method references in Java SE8 and beyond Today’s software developers are embracing functional programming (FP) in droves, whether it’s to write concurrent programs or to ...

February 3, 2025

Integrating AI in Java Projects

Access ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and other AI tools in your Java programs Course outcomes Access AI-based RESTful web services, such as those offered by OpenAI, Claude, or Gemini Apply Java records ...

February 5, 2025

LangChain4j

It does the same with a variety of embedding stores, making it easy to implement retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) to add your own data to the models. Join expert Ken Kousen to ...

February 10, 2025

Making New Java Features Work For You

Building robust, powerful applications with Java 9-19 and beyond In this course, you’ll: Learn the latest features in Java Understand how to build clearer, more manageable code by using functional features ...

February 12, 2025

Reactive Spring and Spring Boot

The new WebFlux module adds Spring's ease of use and Spring Boot's ease of configuration to the design and development of reactive applications, while Reactive Streams allow applications to more efficiently ...

Bio

Ken Kousen is a Java Champion and Oracle Developer Champion, and the author of the books Modern Java Recipes (O’Reilly), Gradle Recipes for Android (O’Reilly) and Making Java Groovy (Manning), as well as O’Reilly video courses in Android, Groovy, Gradle, Advanced Java, and Spring. He is a regular speaker on the No Fluff, Just Stuff conference tour and a JavaOne Rock Star and Grails Rock Star. He has spoken at conferences all over the world. Through his company, Kousen I.T., Inc., he has taught software development training courses to thousands of students.