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REST APIs with Spring, JPA, and Springfox

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23h

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Course Overview

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Course Content

Course Overview

In this advanced-level course, you’ll learn to create REST APIs using the Spring Framework. The course gives a detailed experience in designing, implementing, and documenting REST APIs with end-to-end features like database integration and monitoring. Firstly, you'll set up a Spring Boot project and create fully-functional REST APIs to manage your to-do lists. Secondly, you’ll learn database integration using Spring Data JPA and consume APIs using various tools such as cURL, Postman, and the Swagger UI. Th...Show More

What You'll Learn

The ability to implement REST APIs using the Spring Framework

Hands-on experience of integrating the database using Spring Data JPA

Familiarity with Aspect Oriented Programming with Spring

A working knowledge of consuming REST APIs using cURL and Postman

An understanding of the Spring Framework Unit Testing

The ability to document REST APIs using Springfox and Spring REST Docs

The ability to implement REST APIs using the Spring Framework

Course Content

Introduction to Spring Boot

4 Lessons

Spring Boot—Framework, Project, and Package Structure

Dependency Management

Configuration and Application Start-Up

Summary: Introduction to Spring Boot

Develop REST APIs

10 Lessons

Develop the POJOs

Develop the REST Controllers

Develop the Services

Implement REST APIs for CRUD Operations - Part 1

Implement REST APIs for CRUD Operations - Part 2

REST APIs for TodoType

REST APIs Request and Response

Handle JSON Request and Response

Handle XML Request and Response

Summary: Develop REST APIs

Database Integration With Spring Data JPA

15 Lessons

Spring Data JPA

Setup Entities

Setup JPA Repositories

Setup Services

Integrate POST REST APIs to JPA Repository

Integrate the GET REST APIs to JPA Repository

Integrate PUT REST APIs to JPA Repository

Integrate DELETE REST APIs to JPA Repository

Pagination and Sorting

Derived Query Methods in Repositories

Custom JPA methods Using @Query and @NamedQuery

Bean Validation Using The Hibernate Validator

Create Custom Validator

Domain Events

Summary: Database Integration With Spring Data JPA

REST APIs With Spring Data REST

8 Lessons

REST APIs for Repository Resources

Support for Paging and Sorting

ETags for REST APIs

Customize Spring Data REST URL Path

Customize Supported HTTP Methods

Custom HTTP Method and Overriding Response Handler

Customize Resource JSON Output

Summary: REST APIs With Spring Data REST

Aspect Oriented Programming

5 Lessons

Spring AOP Setup

Implement Cross-Cutting Concerns Using AspectJ Annotations

Exception Handling Using AOP

AOP Introductions

Summary: Aspect Oriented Programming

Spring Framework Testing

10 Lessons

Get Started with Spring Boot Starter Test

Unit Testing with Mockito and JUnit5

Test Database Access Using @DataJpaTest

Test The Controller With @WebMvcTest

Writing Integration Tests Using @SpringBootTest

Test REST APIs Using @RestClientTest

Test with MockWebServer

Assertions with AssertJ

Assertions with JsonPath

Summary: Spring Framework Testing

Consuming APIs

2 Lessons

cURL Commands

Postman API Platform

API Documentation With Swagger

5 Lessons

API documentation, Swagger, and Springfox

Springfox Configurations

Swagger UI

Swagger API Documentation

Summary: API Documentation With Swagger

API Documentation Using Spring REST Docs

5 Lessons

Spring REST Docs Setup and Configuration

Document REST API with @AutoConfigureRestDocs

Asciidoctor Setup

Using Snippets for Documentation

Summary: API Documentation Using Spring REST Docs

10.

Spring Boot Actuator

7 Lessons

Get Started with Spring Boot Actuator

Explore Built-in Actuator Endpoints

Actuator Health and Info Endpoints

Actuator Metrics Endpoint

Create Custom Actuator Endpoint

Customizing Endpoints

Summary: Spring Boot Actuator

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Wrapping Up

2 Lessons

Conclusion

Appendix

Course Author

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