Ultimate Spring Boot Course - Part Two Overview

In the second part of the Spring Boot course, we focus on building and deploying a backend for an e-commerce application using Spring Boot. The course emphasizes creating a RESTful API using best practices, enhancing understanding from foundational concepts.

Course Outline

1. Course Structure

   • Introduction to web workings and Spring MVC.
   • Building REST APIs.
   • Validating incoming data to ensure data integrity.
   • Creating a functional shopping cart system.
   • Implementing user authentication and role-based access control.
   • Processing payments with Stripe.
   • Deploying the application to the cloud and ensuring it is production-ready.

2. Building the Application

   • Explains the course design enabling ease of learning and understanding of progressive steps.
   • Detailed walkthrough of API development using Spring Boot from scratch.
   • Integration of real-world scenarios within exercises and capstone projects for hands-on experience.

3. Technical Aspects

   • Essential Java programming concepts.
   • Use of Spring Data JPA for interactions with relational databases.
   • Understanding of models, views, and controllers (MVC pattern).
   • Serialization and deserialization techniques concerning JSON data.
   • Mapping entities to DTOs to separate API models from database models.

4. Course Requirements

   • Intermediate level understanding of Java, OOP, relational databases, SQL.
   • Familiarity with Spring Boot basics like dependency injection, Flyway migrations, etc.

5. Tools & Setup

   • Setting up a development environment using IntelliJ IDEA.
   • Use of Postman for testing APIs.
   • Utilization of GitHub for managing course code.

6. Learning By Doing

   • Encouragement to actively code along to ensure comprehension and retention.
   • Emphasis on exercises and capstone projects for practical experience.

7. Additional Features

   • Opportunity to explore advanced scenarios like action-based updates.
   • Insight into handling request methods, query parameters, headers, and request bodies.
   • Instructions on using mapping libraries like MapStruct for object conversion.

8. Course Goal

   • Equip learners with the skills to develop, test, and deploy a Spring Boot application, ready for real-world use.

For deeper learning and to access the full e-commerce backend development experience, further content is available in the complete Spring Boot course, promising a development journey from zero to hero.