What you'll learn:
- What is Spring & different projects inside Spring ecosystem
- Spring Core Concepts like Inversion of Control (IoC), Dependency Injection (DI) & Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP)
- How to build web applications using Spring MVC
- How to build web applications using Spring Boot
- Securing Web applications using Spring Security
- Database operations using Spring JDBC, Spring Data JPA, Hibernate
- Building & Consuming REST services using SpringBoot
- Spring Data Rest, Spring Boot Actuator
- Logging and properties configuration inside Spring Boot applications
- Spring Boot profiles
Master Java Backend Development with Spring & Spring Boot — From Foundations to Production
This is not just another Spring Boot course — it’s a complete backend engineering journey designed to help you think, design, and build applications like a real Java Backend Engineer.
You will start from Spring Core fundamentals and gradually build a production-ready backend featuring REST APIs, database integrations, security, performance optimization, caching, transactions, observability, and cloud deployment.
Every concept is explained with real-world reasoning — not just syntax.
What You Will Learn — Section by Section
Section 1 — Spring Core & Maven: The Fast-Track Foundation
Start with the backbone of Spring development:
Why Core Java alone is not enough for modern backend apps
Maven fundamentals and dependency management
IoC, Dependency Injection, Beans & ApplicationContext
Creating beans using @Bean and @Configuration
You’ll understand how Spring really works internally.
Section 2 — Spring Beans Deep Dive
Move beyond basics into advanced bean management:
Autowiring strategies, @Primary, @Qualifier
Bean scopes (Singleton, Prototype)
Lifecycle hooks with @PostConstruct & @PreDestroy
Constructor vs Setter vs Field injection
Programmatic bean registration
Learn to solve real problems like NoUniqueBeanDefinitionException.
Section 3 — Mastering Spring Boot REST API Development
Build professional REST APIs:
@RestController, @SpringBootApplication, Auto-Configuration
Request handling (@PathVariable, @RequestBody, Headers, Params)
API Versioning strategies
RequestEntity & ResponseEntity
HTTP fundamentals & best practices
You’ll build APIs like production systems.
Section 4 — Spring Boot Essentials
Improve project structure and developer experience:
Clean package architecture
Spring Boot DevTools
H2 Database setup & data loading
Better logging & development workflow
Section 5 — Spring Data JPA
Learn database interaction the modern way:
ORM fundamentals
Entities, Repositories & DTO pattern
Lombok usage
Derived queries & data mapping
CORS handling
Stop writing boilerplate SQL.
Section 6 — Databases with Docker
Move from local DB to containerized environments:
Docker fundamentals for backend developers
Running MySQL with Docker
Docker Compose with Spring Boot
Persistent volumes & configuration
Section 7 — Building Real Backend Features
Hands-on feature development:
Contact API implementation
Hibernate schema generation
End-to-end API testing with UI
Section 8 — Essential Backend Skills
Learn production-ready practices:
Global exception handling
Backend validations
JPA Auditing
OpenAPI / Swagger documentation
Web scopes (Request, Session, Application)
Section 9 — Mastering JPA Relationships
Deep dive into entity mappings:
OneToMany & ManyToOne relationships
Fetch vs Cascade explained clearly
Deletion strategies
Real-world relationship modelling
Section 10 — Spring Security Essentials
Understand how Spring Security behaves internally:
Default security behavior
Custom configurations
CORS setup
Internal authentication flow explained
Section 11 — Authentication: From Passwords to JWT
Modern backend authentication:
Hashing vs Encryption vs Encoding
Password encoders
JWT token generation & validation
Custom filters for authentication flow
Section 12 — Database Authentication & CSRF Protection
Build secure real-world login systems:
Users & Roles design
Custom AuthenticationProvider
Derived queries for validation
CSRF attack theory & implementation
Section 13 — Logging in Spring Boot
Design production-grade logging:
Logback configuration
Structured logging strategies
Debugging and monitoring techniques
Section 14 — Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP)
Handle cross-cutting concerns:
Aspect, Advice & Pointcuts
@Around, @Before, @AfterReturning, @AfterThrowing
Performance logging and centralized exception handling
Section 15 — Advanced Queries in Spring Data JPA
Improve database performance:
JPQL & Native Queries
Named Queries
Solving N+1 problems
Batch fetching strategies
Section 16 — Authorization, Sorting & Pagination
Enhance API security & data handling:
Roles vs Authorities
Securing APIs
Sorting & Pagination implementation
Section 17 — Mastering Transactions
Understand real transaction behavior:
@Transactional internals
Propagation & Isolation levels
Rollback rules
Production pitfalls
Section 18 — Spring Cache & Performance Optimization
Make APIs faster:
@Cacheable, @CachePut, @CacheEvict
TTL-based caching
Caffeine integration
Section 19 — Real Feature Development
Build advanced backend workflows:
User profile management
Resume uploads
Job bookmarking & application APIs
ManyToMany best practices
Section 20 — Configuration & Profiles
Master environment-based backend setups:
@ConfigurationProperties
Externalized configuration
Profiles for DEV/QA/PROD
Conditional bean creation
Section 21 — Production-Ready Observability
Monitor backend systems like industry experts:
Spring Boot Actuator
Metrics, logs & tracing
OpenTelemetry & Micrometer
Section 22 — Consuming REST APIs
Learn how backend services communicate:
RestClient usage
HTTP Service Client
Service grouping strategies
Section 23 — Deploying to AWS
Take your backend to the cloud:
AWS RDS setup
Elastic Beanstalk deployment
Production configuration
