Core Spring

Course Description

This course offers hands-on experience with the major features of Spring and Spring Boot, which includes configuration, data access, REST, AOP, auto-configuration, actuator, security, and Spring testing framework to build enterprise and microservices applications. On completion, participants will have a foundation for creating enterprise and cloud-ready applications.

This course prepares students for the Spring Professional Certification Exam. This is an official course by VMware.

What you’ll learn

By the end of the training, you will:

Spring configuration using Java Configuration and Annotations
Aspect oriented programming with Spring
Testing Spring applications using JUnit 5
Spring Data Access – JDBC, JPA and Spring Data
Spring Transaction Management
Simplifying application development with Spring Boot
Spring Boot auto-configuration, starters and properties
Build a simple REST application using Spring Boot, embedded Web Server and fat JARs or classic WARs
Implementing REST client applications using RestTemplate and WebClient
Spring Security
Enable and extend metrics and monitoring capabilities using Spring Boot actuator
Utilize Spring Boot enhancements to testing

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
2.- Spring JAVA Configuration: A Deeper Look
- External properties & Property sources
- Environment abstraction
- Using bean profiles
- Spring Expression Language (SpEL)
3.- Annotation-based Dependency Injection
- Component scanning
- Autowiring using @Autowired
- Java configuration versus annotations, mixing
- Lifecycle annotations: @PostConstruct and
  @PreDestroy
- Stereotypes and meta-annotations
4.- Factory Pattern in Spring
- Using Spring FactoryBeans
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
6.- Aspect-oriented programming
- What problems does AOP solve?
- Defining pointcut expressions
- Implementing various types of advice
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
8.- Data Access and JDBC with Spring
- How Spring integrates with existing data access technologies
- DataAccessException hierarchy
- Spring‘s JdbcTemplate
9.- Database Transactions with Spring
- Transactions overview
- Transaction management with Spring
- Transaction propagation and rollback rules
- Transactions and integration testing
10.- Spring Boot Introduction
- Introduction to Spring Boot Features
- Value Proposition of Spring Boot
- Creating a simple Boot application using Spring Initializer website
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
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
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
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
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
- Spring security testing
16.- Actuators, Metrics and Health Indicators
- Exposing Spring Boot Actuator endpoints
- Custom Metrics
- Health Indicators
- Creating custom Health Indicators
- External monitoring systems
17.- Spring Boot Testing Enhancements
- Spring Boot testing overview
- Integration testing using @SpringBootTest
- Web slice testing with MockMvc framework
- Slices to test different layers of the application
18.- Spring Security OAuth (Optional Topic)
- OAuth 2 Overview
- Implementing OAuth 2 using Spring Security OAuth
19.- Reactive Applications with Spring (Optional Topic)
- Overview of Reactive Programming concepts
- Reactive Programming support in Spring
- Using Spring’s reactive WebClient

Instructor
Sergi Almar

Duration
4 days

Format
On-site, Live Online

Language
English, Spanish, Catalan

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Core Spring

Core Spring

Core Spring

Course Description

What you’ll learn

1.- Introduction to Spring:

2.- Spring JAVA Configuration: A Deeper Look

3.- Annotation-based Dependency Injection

4.- Factory Pattern in Spring

5.- Advanced Spring: How Does Spring Work Internally?

6.- Aspect-oriented programming

7.- Testing a Spring-based Application

8.- Data Access and JDBC with Spring

9.- Database Transactions with Spring

10.- Spring Boot Introduction

11.- Spring Boot Dependencies, Auto-configuration, and Runtime

12.- JPA with Spring and Spring Data

13.- Spring MVC Architecture and Overview

14.- Rest with Spring MVC

15.- Spring Security

16.- Actuators, Metrics and Health Indicators

17.- Spring Boot Testing Enhancements

18.- Spring Security OAuth (Optional Topic)

19.- Reactive Applications with Spring (Optional Topic)

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