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Gain insights into Spring 6 and Spring Boot 3, exploring dependency injection, Spring MVC, JDBC, and AOP. Discover how to create robust applications with inversion of control.

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Expertise in the Spring framework is highly sought after and will help open up a lot of job opportunities for you. Here you will get familiar with Spring 6 and Spring Boot 3 to add dependency injection into your applications. You will start with the basics of Spring like dependency injection, auto-wiring, and constructor injection. After the basics are out of the way you’ll move onto Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring JDBC, and Spring Data JPA. Lastly, you’ll delve into Spring’s support for AOP, unit testing, and the MVC architecture. By the end of this course you will have a wide set of tools to work with to create applications that have dependency injection and inversion of control.

Expertise in the Spring framework is highly sought after and will help open up a lot of job opportunities for you. Here you will...Show More

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

Understand the basic concepts of the Spring Framework

Learn how to use Spring Boot to kickstart the development process

Interact with databases using Spring's support for JDBC and JPA

Learn the Spring MVC architecture

Use AOP for implementing cross-cutting concerns in Spring

Implement unit testing in the Spring framework

Understand the basic concepts of the Spring Framework

TAKEAWAY SKILLS

Java

Back-end Development

Spring

Spring Boot

Content

142 Lessons13 Quizzes

Introduction

5 Lessons

Get familiar with Spring, its evolution, core concepts, modular architecture, and sustained popularity.

Reasons for Sustained Popularity

Spring Basics

9 Lessons

Get started with creating and managing Spring projects and dependencies using Spring Boot.

Creating a Project

Dependency

Decoupling Components

Managing Beans and Dependencies

Autowiring By Type — @Primary

Autowiring By Name

Autowiring — @Qualifier

Constructor and Setter Injection

Quiz: Spring Basics

Spring In-depth

13 Lessons

Master bean management and lifecycle techniques, dependency injection, and Spring configurations.

Bean Scope

Mixing Bean Scope

@ComponentScan

Bean Lifecycle: @PostConstruct and @PreDestroy

Bean Lifecycle: Prototype Scoped Beans

Contexts and Dependency Injection Framework

Spring Application Configuration

XML Application Configuration

XML Configuration with Java Annotations

Stereotype Annotations

Using an External Property File

Quiz: Spring In-depth

Challenge: Spring In-depth

Spring Boot

6 Lessons

Enhance your skills in Spring Boot with configurations, REST services, Developer Tools, Actuator, and MVC comparison.

What is Spring Boot?

Creating a REST Service

Developer Tools

Actuator

Comparing Spring Boot and Spring MVC

Quiz: Spring Boot

Spring JDBC

9 Lessons

Solve problems in Spring JDBC for seamless database operations, queries, and customization.

Creating a JDBC Starter Project

Setting up the H2 Database

Spring Data JPA

9 Lessons

Focus on utilizing JPA for streamlined CRUD operations, entity management, and database connectivity.

What is JPA?

Defining an Entity

Creating a Repository

CRUD Operations

JPQL Named Query

Spring Data JPA

Connecting to Other Databases

Quiz: Spring Data JPA

Challenge: Spring Data JPA

Spring REST Fundamentals

8 Lessons

Explore Spring's REST capabilities, JSON data binding, Postman usage, and effective REST API design.

Developing REST services in Spring

JSON Data Binding

REST Client - Postman

REST API Design

Creating a REST Controller

@GetMapping

@PathVariable

Quiz: Spring REST Fundamentals

Spring REST Advanced Operations and Error Management

9 Lessons

Step through advanced REST operations, error handling, and Spring Data REST customization.

Exception Handling II

Spring Data REST

Quiz: Spring REST Advanced Operations and Error Management

Challenge: REST Advanced Operations and Error Management

Database Relationships in Spring

9 Lessons

Walk through creating and managing various database relationships using Spring Boot and JPA.

Basic Concepts

Project Creation

One-to-One Unidirectional Relationship

One-to-One Bidirectional Relationship

One-to-Many Unidirectional Relationship

One-to-Many Bidirectional Relationship

Many-to-Many Unidirectional Relationship

Many-to-Many Bidirectional Relationship

Quiz: Database Relationships in Spring

10.

Spring Aspect Orientated Programming (AOP)

10 Lessons

Break apart Spring AOP concepts, creating modular, maintainable, and secure applications.

Aspect Oriented Programming

JoinPoint Configuration File

Defining a Custom Annotation for Aspects

Quiz: Spring Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP)

Challenge: Spring Aspect Orientated Programming (AOP)

11.

Configuring a Basic Enterprise Web Application

8 Lessons

Break down the steps to configure a basic enterprise web application using Spring Boot.

Setting Up a Web Application

Setting Up a Spring Web Application

Creating a Servlet

Using a JSP File

Passing Parameters with GET request

Scriptlets and Scriptlet Expressions

POST request

Quiz: Configuring a Basic Enterprise Web Application

12.

Spring MVC Fundamentals

11 Lessons

Deepen your knowledge of Spring MVC architecture, components, configuration, controllers, views, models, and form handling.

Spring MVC Architecture

Spring MVC Components

Configuring a Spring MVC Application

@RequestParam Annotation

Quiz: Spring MVC Fundamentals

Challenge: Spring MVC Fundamentals

13.

Spring MVC Advanced Concepts

11 Lessons

See how it works with advanced Spring MVC concepts, form tags, validation, and custom configuration.

Spring MVC Form Tags

Spring MVC Form Tags - Part 2

Form Data Validation

Validating Required Fields

Validating Numbers

Validating Dates

Validating Patterns with Regular Expressions

Custom Error Messages

Custom Validation Annotation

Quiz: Spring MVC Advanced Concepts

Challenge: Spring MVC Advanced Concepts

14.

Unit Testing in Spring

13 Lessons

Build on key practices in unit testing within Spring using JUnit, Mockito, and Spring Boot.

JUnit

Writing a Unit Test

Assert Methods

JUnit Test Lifecycle Annotations

Stubbing and Mocking

Mockito Annotations

Unit Testing in Spring

Unit Testing Using Spring Boot

Unit Testing for Java Context

Unit Testing for XML Context

Spring Unit Testing with Mockito

Quiz: Unit Testing in Spring

Challenge: Unit Testing in Spring

15.

Interview Questions

11 Lessons

Learn how to use key Spring and Spring Boot features to enhance application development.

Spring Framework

IoC and Dependency Injection

Beans

Spring Annotations

Spring Configuration and Component Scan

Autowiring and Misc Questions

Spring Boot

Spring Data JDBC and JPA

Database Relationships in Spring

Spring AOP

Spring MVC

16.

Epilogue

1 Lessons

Discover the logic behind the Spring framework, its advanced topics, and participant feedback.

Summary and Feedback

Certificate of Completion

Showcase your accomplishment by sharing your certificate of completion.

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