Ignite Your Journey: Spring Boot Essentials Unleashed!

Building Robust Spring Boot Applications: A Comprehensive Code Structure Guide - Base structure in 99% of Applications

What you'll learn

Learn best practices for code structuring in modern apps

Implement common functionalities that you'll use in 99% of times

Create REST endpoints

Integration with databases and data persistence

Implement robust error handling

Logging

Spring Boot Services communication with Feign Client

Testing inside a Spring Boot app

Requirements

Knowledge about Java fundamentals and OOP Programming

Knowledge about Lambda

Knowledge about Beans in Spring

Knowledge about Dependency Injection mechanism in Spring

Description

Unlock the key to constructing modern Spring Boot applications with ease!Gain a comprehensive overview of the entire app-building process without getting lost in complex details. Learn how different components fit together and understand the big picture before diving deep into specific aspects. Master the fundamentals and confidently navigate through the intricacies of Spring Boot.This course presents the following topics:Code Structuring Best Practices: In our course, you'll gain invaluable insights into code structuring techniques for modern apps, ensuring your projects are well-organized and maintainable.Common Functionality Implementation: Discover how to efficiently implement common functionalities that will be used in 99% of your projects, saving you time and effort during development.REST Endpoint Creation: Master the art of creating REST endpoints, enabling seamless communication between your application and clients for a smooth user experience.Database Integration and Data Persistence: Learn the ins and outs of integrating databases and achieving reliable data persistence, allowing your app to securely store and retrieve information.Robust Error Handling: Develop robust error handling strategies to gracefully handle unexpected situations and provide meaningful feedback to users, enhancing the stability and user-friendliness of your app.Logging: Explore the power of logging to gain valuable insights into your application's behavior, troubleshoot issues, and improve overall system performance.Service Communication with Feign Client: Learn how to facilitate communication between Spring Boot services using Feign Client, enabling seamless interaction and cooperation between different parts of your application.Testing: Get a glimpse of the art of testing a Spring Boot app with both integration and unit tests.Enroll in this course and equip yourself with essential skills to build modern, high-quality Spring Boot applications that meet industry standards and get insights into today's competitive market.I put all my heart into creating this course. I'm sure that anyone who watches it will reap great benefits in the long run. It's always best to get the overview first, and only after that can you start zooming in on the details. That is why I believe this is the perfect course for the start of your journey.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction to Spring Boot Fundamentals

Lecture 1 Foreword

Lecture 2 Overview of Spring Boot and its benefits

Lecture 3 Key ideas at the heart of Spring Boot

Section 2: Spring Boot - Effortless Start - Leveraging Spring Boot's auto-configuration

Lecture 4 Create a new Spring Boot project - Post Service

Lecture 5 IntelliJ & Java setup (skip if your environment is already set up)

Lecture 6 Start Spring Boot application

Section 3: REST endpoints - Vital basics that you'll use 99% of time

Lecture 7 REST explained to babies (Coooool!!)

Lecture 8 REST explained to responsible adults (Boooooo!!)

Lecture 9 GET, POST, PUT, PATCH endpoints

Lecture 10 Path Variables

Lecture 11 Query Params

Lecture 12 Request Body

Lecture 13 Request Headers

Lecture 14 Response Body handling

Lecture 15 Data validation

Lecture 16 Common Java Bean validations

Section 4: Integration with Databases and Data Persistence

Lecture 17 Short recap + Data flow overview

Lecture 18 DBMS - PostgreSQL initial setup

Lecture 19 Connect Spring Boot app to database

Lecture 20 Flyway - Tool to manage database changes

Lecture 21 Entity class

Lecture 22 CRUD operations - Repository

Lecture 23 "Controller-Service-Repository" design pattern

Lecture 24 MapStruct - Entity to DTO & DTO to Entity

Lecture 25 Managing transactions - Rollback mechanism

Lecture 26 @Transactional - follow up explanation

Section 5: Robust Error Handling and Logging

Lecture 27 Exception handling in Spring Boot

Lecture 28 @ControllerAdvice

Lecture 29 Logging with @Log4J2

Lecture 30 AOP (Aspect-Oriented Programming)

Lecture 31 Aspects and AOP Logging

Lecture 32 Aspects diagram

Section 6: Communication between Spring Boot services using Feign Client

Lecture 33 Spring Boot Services Communication through REST APIs

Lecture 34 2nd Spring Boot app - Comments Service

Lecture 35 RestTemplate and Feign Client

Lecture 36 Making HTTP Requests with Feign Client

Lecture 37 Error Handling - CustomFeignErrorDecoder

Lecture 38 Getting a glimpse of RestTemplate

Section 7: Testing

Lecture 39 Why is testing a key aspect inside any app?

Lecture 40 Writing unit tests

Lecture 41 Writing integration tests

Section 8: Recap & Sources for continuously grow

Lecture 42 Reviewing the key topics covered in the course

Lecture 43 Further resources for continuous learning

Lecture 44 Final words

Beginner Java developers who want to get a taste on how to design a modern Spring Boot app.