The video tutorial introduces Context and Dependency Injection (CDI), a specification part of Jakarta EE, and its support in the Spring Framework. It covers the history and purpose of CDI, explaining its role as an interface without implementation. The tutorial demonstrates how to add CDI dependencies to a project and provides a practical example of setter injection using both CDI and Spring annotations. It highlights the similarities between CDI annotations like @Inject and @Named with Spring's @Autowired and @Component, emphasizing CDI as an alternative to Spring annotations.

Explain the relationship between CDI and Spring Framework.

What does CDI stand for and what is its significance in Java EE?

What are some important API annotations defined in CDI?

Describe the process of adding a CDI dependency in a Spring Boot application.

How does setter injection work in the context of CDI?

What are the alternatives to Spring annotations provided by CDI?

What is the difference between @Inject and @Autowired in Spring?