Description
Description
This comprehensive course provides an in-depth introduction to Spring 6, Spring Boot 3, and Spring REST, aligning with modern development standards such as Java 17+ and Jakarta EE 9. It covers essential Spring Core capabilities, Spring Boot’s auto-configuration and dependency management, and building RESTful services with Spring REST.
Through hands-on exercises, participants will learn to leverage Spring’s powerful features to build scalable, maintainable applications. The course emphasizes Spring Boot for simplified setup and configuration while also covering traditional Spring configuration for comparison.
Training Objectives
- Participants will:
- Understand Spring’s architecture
- core principles
- and dependency injection (DI).
- Use the Spring Core module to manage application components efficiently.
- Explore Spring Boot’s auto-configuration and dependency management.
- Customize Spring Boot applications using properties and configuration.
- Work with Spring ORM and Spring Data to integrate with databases.
- Leverage Spring transaction management for reliable data operations.
- Develop RESTful web services using Spring REST.
- Build and consume REST APIs using RestTemplate.
- Implement Spring Boot security and authentication mechanisms.
- Utilize Spring Boot Actuator for monitoring and management.
Course Outline
- Session 1: Introduction to Spring<
- Overview of Spring framework and its core modules<
- Understanding Spring architecture and dependency injection (DI)<
- Spring configuration styles: XML, annotations, and Java-based (@Configuration)<
- Lab: Setting up a basic Spring application<
- Session 2: Introduction to Spring Boot<
- What is Spring Boot and why use it?<
- Spring Boot’s starter dependencies and auto-configuration<
- Creating a Spring Boot application with Spring Initializr<
- Working with Spring Boot properties and configuration<
- Lab: Building a Spring Boot application<
- Session 3: Spring Testing<
- Overview of JUnit 5 and Spring testing framework<
- Writing and executing Spring Boot unit tests<
- Using TestContext framework<
- Lab: Implementing and running Spring Boot tests<
- Session 4: Database Access with Spring and Spring Boot<
- Spring Boot database configuration<
- Working with JPA and Hibernate<
- Using Spring Data JPA for repository management<
- Querying databases with Spring Data repositories<
- Lab: Connecting a Spring Boot application to a database<
- Session 5: Spring Transaction Management<
- Understanding Spring’s declarative transaction management<
- Configuring transaction propagation and isolation levels<
- Managing transactions in Spring Boot applications<
- Lab: Implementing transactions in a Spring Boot project<
- Session 6: RESTful Services with Spring REST<
- REST fundamentals and HTTP principles<
- Building RESTful endpoints using Spring Web MVC<
- Mapping HTTP requests using @RequestMapping, @GetMapping, @PostMapping<
- Handling request and response payloads (@RequestBody, @ResponseBody)<
- Lab: Creating RESTful web services with Spring REST<
- Session 7: Working with JSON and XML in Spring REST<
- Configuring Jackson for JSON serialization and deserialization<
- Using Spring’s MessageConverters for JSON and XML processing<
- Lab: Implementing JSON-based REST APIs<
- Session 8: Java Clients for RESTful Services<
- Using RestTemplate to consume REST APIs<
- Handling HTTP responses and error management<
- Lab: Creating a Java-based REST client with RestTemplate<
- Session 9: Common RESTful Patterns<
- Implementing CRUD operations using REST<
- Using PUT for updates and DELETE for resource removal<
- Lab: Developing a complete RESTful API<
- Session 10: Spring Boot Configuration and Customization<
- Configuring Spring Boot application profiles<
- Managing external properties and environment-specific settings<
- Lab: Customizing Spring Boot behavior<
- Session 11: Spring Boot Security<
- Introduction to Spring Security<
- Implementing authentication and authorization in Spring Boot<
- Lab: Securing REST APIs with Spring Security<
- Session 12: Spring Boot Actuator and Monitoring<
- Introduction to Spring Boot Actuator<
- Monitoring application health and metrics<
- Lab: Enabling and using Spring Boot Actuator endpoints<
- By the end of this course, participants will be well-equipped to build enterprise-grade applications using Spring 6, Spring Boot 3, and Spring REST.
