Spring AI: Beginner to Guru (Udemy.com)
Use Java to Unlock the Power of OpenAI's ChatGPT Artificial Intelligence (AI) with Spring AI
Created by: John Thompson
Last updated August 2026
What you will learn
- Learn how to use Spring AI to interact with OpenAI
- How to write effective Prompts for Large Language Models
- Use Retrieval Augmented Generation to Improve Response Capabilities
- Using OpenAI Functions
- Generate Speech from Text
- Generate Text from Speech
Quality Score
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Overall Score : 86 / 100
Course Description
Traditionally accessing Artificial Intelligence Models, such as OpenAI's ChatGPT, has been the domain of programming languages Python and Javascript.
Not any more. Spring AI unlocks the power of Generative AI for Java developers.
The Spring AI project aims to streamline the development of applications that incorporate artificial intelligence functionality without unnecessary complexity.
Spring AI provides support for all major Artificial Intelligence models, including:
OpenAI
Azure OpenAI
Amazon Bedrock
HuggingFace
Ollama
Google VertextAI (PaLM2 and Gemini)
Mistral AI
Antrhopic
WatsonxAI
Spring AI also supports image generation AI models from OpenAI and Stability.
Retrieval Augmented Generation is an important use case for dealing with AI models. Spring AI includes robust support for all major Embedding Models and all popular vector databases.
No prior experience with AI is needed for this course.
You will start the course with a solid overview of what Artificial Intelligence is.
Next you'll have a hands on section to develop a RESTful API to ask OpenAI's ChatGPT questions. In this section, you will learn how we can instruct the model to return data in the format we desire.
Since no AI experience is required, the next section of the course builds upon what you learned with a formal look at Prompt Engineering. Prompt Engineering is a collection techniques to improve the quality and accuracy of responses from AI Models.
Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) is an important technique to provide Large Language Models with additional information required to the user's query to complete specialized tasks.
You will see how we can use RAG to develop AI experts to perform high specialized tasks.
The AI models are not just limited to working with textual information.
In this course you will also see how to use AI to create images, create audio files from text, and how to transcribe audio files to text.
Course Updates
Sept 9th, 2024 - Course Updated to Spring AI 1.0.0-M2
October 12th, 2024 - Course Updated to Spring AI 1.0.0-M3, Spring Boot 3.3.4
January 2nd, Course Updated to Spring AI 1.0.0-M5 and Spring Boot 3.3.6
Learn all this and more in Spring A:I Beginner to Guru. Enroll today!
Instructor Details
- 4.3 Rating
1,310 Reviews
John Thompson
Hi. I'm John.
I've been in the IT industry for over 25 years. Today, I specialize mainly in Java, the most successful and widely known programming language in use today. I also specialize with the Spring Framework, which the most popular open source application framework for building enterprise class applications on the Java platform. Just some of the organizations I've worked with include Visa, Kohls, Federal Home Loan Bank, and Belk Department Stores.
Through the courses I'm providing, I hope to leverage my years of experience to accelerate your learning of the Spring Framework. I'm not going to lie to you. The Spring Framework is a big framework. The environment for enterprise Java is even bigger. If you're new to Java, you have a lot to learn. I hope through the content on this web site I can accelerate your education of the Java and Spring landscape.
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Reviews
By Garrett Deacon on 6/30/2026
The instructor did not keep the course up-to-date with the latest changes to Spring AI. There were many times in the course even after making the adjustments he did call out that I still had to refactor to get the applications to run. I think the course should have gone in more depth on how to use the different features of the API. Maybe building a small chat bot application.
By Keith Davidson on 10/23/2025
Excellent course for introducing the use of various AI functionality delivered by the new Spring AI. Good to see that the author has kept the information updated with the latest changes from Spring. Having access to the GitHub repos is excellent - and sometimes necessary where changes have been required. The last section was more an intro to IntelliJ tools than Spring AI, but still useful even if not (for me) part of the overal objective.
By Mark Vandieden on 9/24/2025
I have previously implemented a Spring AI project with OpenAI integratiion as well as a char client that calls MCP Tools and I found this course useful to improve parts of my project. I have some suggestions to improve this course 1. Replace functions section with MCP as that's become standard and it's easy to implement as I have done that in my project. 2. A section on Spring AI Memory as this can help with personalisations based on saved conversations. Thanks for an informative course.
By RAFFAELE COLANTUONO on 8/13/2025
A solid introduction to Spring AI, but it could use some updates. With the release of Spring AI 1.0, several things have changed, and I often had to refer to the official documentation to adjust certain implementations. I noticed the editor is updating some of the videos, which helps, but the coverage is still a bit uneven—some topics could be explored in more depth, while others feel somewhat unnecessary.
By Steve Meyer on 7/14/2025
I really appreciate this course, my background is with java vs. python and this course the challenge of mastering an unfamiliar language while learning concepts.
By Regina Prutkina on 3/22/2025
Excellent course, full, interesting, relevant. The only small problem is that sometimes refactoring is required, and the example from the repository does not run due to regular changes in the version of AI and the conditions of third-party applications, as the Ninza API
By Dadsoto on 3/11/2025
Excelente curso! va desde lo básico a lo más complejo con un enfoque realmente práctico. Va directo al grano, no se da mil vueltas y aquello que es más conceptual o teórico lo explica de manera sencilla con ejemplos de la vida real. Lo mejor de todo es que la forma es que está orientado el curso permite entender los conceptos detrás de la IA permitiendo a la vez ir a lo que queremos: Utilizar IA con Java.
By Mauricio Alberto Sánchez Franco on 3/10/2025
Wow, this course is awesome! I've picked up so much about Spring AI. It's my first time diving into this topic, and I really feel like I'm ready to take the next step!
By Ilana Null on 2/27/2025
A good course for a relatively new Spring module. Good videos to get you started, but Spring AI changes quickly, so the official Spring AI documentation is welcome, and there are a couple of books on the subject as well. But anyway, Thanks for the course!
By Dewayne William Thompson on 10/18/2024
Very informative and learning new usages and how to use open ai in a spring/ spring boot environment. I understand that this is still a very young project and a lot of of movement is currently happening almost on a daily basis. But John the instructor is doing his best to continuously keep the course up to date. Thank you for this interesting topic and providing the knowledge.





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