SpringBoot : The Missing Guide

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What is Spring Boot?

Framework to build Spring based applications

What are challenges in learning SpringBoot?

• SpringBoot is a framework on top of frameworks
• SpringBoot is easy to get started, but hard to master
• It's too much magic for those who are not familiar with underlying technologies
• Overwhelming for beginners
• "It works, but I don't know how" - Problem

Why I am creating this course?

• Explain in a "Beginner Friendly" way
• Explain "How it works", not just "How to use"

Getting Started with Spring Boot

• Spring Initializer - https://start.spring.io/
• Intellij IDEA Ultimate
• Eclipse - Spring Tools
• NetBeans IDE
• VS Code

What you need to know before starting with SpringBoot

• SpringBoot History
• Concepts:
  • Programming to Interfaces
  • Loose Coupling
• Design Patterns:
  • Dependency Injection/IOC
  • Front Controller
  • Template
  • Proxy

SpringBoot History

• J2EE
• Spring:
  • XML
  • Annotations
  • JavaConfig
• Complex, Repetitive boilerplate config
• SpringBoot Inspired by:
  • Rails
  • Dropwizard
  • any may be others too...

Concepts

• Programming to Interfaces
• Loose Coupling

Design Patterns

• Dependency Injection/IOC
• Front Controller
• Template
• Proxy

Concepts

• Dependency Injection / IOC
• Programming to Interfaces
• Loose Coupling

SpringBoot Core Features

• Dependency Management
• Auto Configuration
• Embedded Server Support