MODULE 1: INTRODUCTION TO SPRING
- Java configuration and the Spring application context
- @Configuration and @Bean annotations
- @Import: working with multiple configuration files Defining bean scopes
- Launching a Spring Application and obtaining Beans
MODULE 2: SPRING JAVA CONFIGURATION: A DEEPER LOOK
- External properties & Property sources
- Environment abstraction
- Using bean profiles
- Spring Expression Language (SpEL)
- How it Works: Inheritance based proxies
MODULE 3: ANNOTATION-BASED DEPENDENCY INJECTION
- Autowiring and component scanning
- Java configuration versus annotations, mixing.
- Lifecycle annotations: @PostConstruct and @PreDestroy
- Stereotypes and meta-annotations
MODULE 4: FACTORY PATTERN IN SPRING
- Using Spring FactoryBeans
MODULE 5: ADVANCED SPRING: HOW DOES SPRING WORK INTERNALLY?
The Spring Bean Lifecycle
- The BeanFactoryPostProcessor interception point
- The BeanPostProcessor interception point
- Spring Bean Proxies
- @Bean method return types
MODULE 6: ASPECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING
- What problems does AOP solve?
- Differences between Spring AOP and AspectJ
- Defining pointcut expressions
- Implementing an advice: @Around, @Before, @After
MODULE 7: TESTING A SPRING-BASED APPLICATION
- Spring and Test Driven Development
- Spring 5 integration testing with JUnit 5
- Application context caching and the @DirtiesContext annotation
- Profile selection with @ActiveProfiles
- Easy test data setup with @Sql
MODULE 8: DATA ACCESS AND JDBC WITH SPRING
- How Spring integrates with existing data access technologies
- DataAccessException hierarchy
- Implementing caching using @Cacheable Embedded databases for testing
- Spring‘s JdbcTemplate
MODULE 9: DATABASE TRANSACTIONS WITH SPRING
- Transactions overview
- Transaction management with Spring
- Isolation levels, transaction propagation and rollback rules
- Transactions and integration testing
MODULE 10: SPRING BOOT INTRODUCTION
- Introduction to Spring Boot
- Value Proposition of Spring Boot
- Creating a simple Boot application using Spring Initializer web-site
MODULE 11: SPRING BOOT DEPENDENCIES, AUTO-CONFIGURATION AND RUNTIME
- Dependency management using Spring Boot starters
- How auto-configuration works
- Configuration properties
- Overriding auto-configuration
- Using CommandLineRunner
MODULE 12: JPA WITH SPRING AND SPRING DATA
- Quick introduction to ORM with JPA
- Benefits of using Spring with JPA
- JPA configuration in Spring
- Configuring Spring JPA using Spring Boot
- Spring Data JPA dynamic repositories
MODULE 13: SPRING MVC ARCHITECTURE AND OVERVIEW
- Introduction to Spring MVC and request processing
- Controller method signatures
- Using @Controller, @RestController and @GetMapping annotations
- Configuring Spring MVC with Spring Boot
- Spring Boot packaging options, JAR or WAR
MODULE 14: REST WITH SPRING MVC
- An introduction to the REST architectural style
- Controlling HTTP response codes with @ResponseStatus
- Implementing REST with Spring MVC, @RequestMapping, @RequestBody and @ResponseBody
- Spring MVC’s HttpMessageConverters and automatic content negotiation
MODULE 15: SPRING SECURITY
- What problems does Spring Security solve?
- Configuring authentication
- Implementing authorization by intercepting URLs
- Authorization at the Java method level
- Understanding the Spring Security filter chain
MODULE 16: ACTUATORS, METRICS AND HEALTH INDICATORS
- Enabling Spring Boot Actuator
- Custom Metrics
- Health Indicators
- Creating custom Health Indicators
- External monitoring systems
MODULE 17: SPRING BOOT TESTING ENHANCEMENTS
- Spring Boot testing overview
- Integration testing and slices
- Slices to test different layers of the application
