Get started with the basics of Thymeleaf and Spring Boot and how to use them to create scalable applications.

Spring Boot Development for Java Programmers

This module will teach us how to build easily scalable applications with Thymeleaf and Spring Boot. We will combine Thymeleaf and Spring Boot with Spring Data and Spring Security.

This module will give us all the basics for developing an application using Thymeleaf and Spring Boot. Throughout the module, we will build an application of a fictional basketball team called Thyme Wizards. We will also learn to use unit and integration tests to ensure proper code functionality and create a maintainable code base that we can expand upon.

By the end of this module, we will have some great new skills working with the Spring Boot framework, which employers will love.

Building Scalable Applications with Thymeleaf and Spring Boot

In the [previous](https://www.educative.io/courses/building-scalable-applications-thymeleaf-springboot/introduction-to-delete-method) lesson, we used `/users/<id>/delete` as the URL to `POST` to. 

We will show an alternative
implementation in this section that does the more *restful* thing of issuing a `DELETE` on
`/users/<id>`.

## Turning POST into DELETE

As browsers only allow `GET` and `POST`, we need support from Spring Boot to turn the `POST` from the
browser into a `DELETE`. This support comes in the form of the `HiddenHttpMethodFilter` class and
can easily be enabled by setting the `spring.mvc.hiddenmethod.filter.enabled` property in the
`application.properties` file:
```
spring.mvc.hiddenmethod.filter.enabled=true
```
We can update `UserController` to map our `doDeleteMethod` on the `DELETE HTTP` method:

In the [previous](https://www.educative.io/courses/building-scalable-applications-thymeleaf-springboot/introduction-to-delete-method) lesson, we used `/users/<id>/delete` as the URL to `POST` to. 

We will show an alternative
implementation in this section that does the more *restful* thing of issuing a `DELETE` on
`/users/<id>`.

# Turning POST into DELETE

As browsers only allow `GET` and `POST`, we need support from Spring Boot to turn the `POST` from the
browser into a `DELETE`. This support comes in the form of the `HiddenHttpMethodFilter` class and
can easily be enabled by setting the `spring.mvc.hiddenmethod.filter.enabled` property in the
`application.properties` file:
```
spring.mvc.hiddenmethod.filter.enabled=true
```
We can update `UserController` to map our `doDeleteMethod` on the `DELETE HTTP` method:

Learn how to perform the DELETE operation using the HTTP method.

What are Spring Boot and Thymeleaf?

Thymeleaf Introduction

Thyme Wizards

Fragments

Layouts

Controllers

Internationalization

Database Connection

Displaying Data

Forms

Data Editing

Implement Deletion of an Entity

Security

Security - Users from Database

Testing

Testing Using Cypress

Various Tips and Tricks - I

Various Tips and Tricks - II

Appendix

Conclusion

Using the DELETE HTTP Method