This course consists of 18 video lessons (2 hrs) organized into four modules.
Throughout this course, we’ll build a REST API which would save retrieve and delete comments of blog posts.
COURSE CONTENTS
PROJECT SET UP
Lesson 1: Set up the project using Spring Initializr Watch on Youtube!
- How to use the spring Initializr to create a project.
- Spring starter dependencies.
- Discuss the content i.e each and every line, of the generated build file.
Lesson 2: Set up the project using Gradle without Spring Initializr Watch on Youtube!
- Generate a java project using gradle command line.
- Work on the build file to add the required plugins and dependencies.
- Discuss core Gradle plugins, community plugins and the Gradle plugins portal.
Then generate the eclipse configuration files and import the project to eclipse.
DESIGN
Lesson 3: Design Watch on Youtube!
- What is REST
- Basic REST API Design principles
- Desiging the REST API
- Architecture of a Spring Boot Project
Testing and implementation
This module consists of several lessons on Unit Testing, Implementation and also Integration Testing the API.
Lesson 4: Endpoint implementation to retrieve comments - part 1 (The Controller) Watch on Youtube!
In this lesson, we implement a method to return all comments of a particular post, in a test-first manner.
That means, as, in all of the implementations throughout the project, we write unit tests before writing a single line of logic.
Lesson 5: Endpoint implementation to retrieve comments - part 2 | The Service Watch on Youtube!
In this lesson, we move the business logic to the service layer by refactoring the controller and unit tests.
Lesson 6: Endpoint implementation to retrieve comments - part 3 | Spring Data Watch on Youtube!
- Spring Data
- How to use the repository interfaces
Lesson 7: Integration testing - part 1 Watch on Youtube!
- MockMVC
- Spring’s testing support and annotations
- Request builders
- Result matchers…
Lesson 8: Making a Spring Boot Application Watch on Youtube!
This lesson is also a part of the free preview, so if you sign up for the free trial you could check this out.
Here we discuss the spring boot annotations and then add all the required annotations to wire everything up and make the application work.
Lesson 9: Spring Transaction handling Watch on Youtube!
- What does transactional mean in terms of executing a method?
- Overview of how spring transaction management works.
- @Transactional annotation and its settings.
- How to apply transaction management with @Transactional annotation.
- How readOnly applies to transactions.
- Transaction configuration settings.
Lesson 10: Integration testing - part 2 Watch on Youtube!
- Here we continue the integration testing
- use JSONPath expressions to assert the response body.
- Preload and clean up the database before and after a test using script files and annotations.
- Return relevant response codes upon exceptions.
Lesson 11: Endpoint implementation to save a comment Watch on Youtube!
Unit tests and implementation of the endpoint for saving a comment.
Lesson 12: Integration testing part 3 Watch on Youtube!
Write some integration tests for saving the comment
Lesson 13: End to end test Watch on Youtube!
- Run the application in eclipse
- Save a comment via postman
- Retrieve the saved comment in the browser.
Lesson 14: Endpoint implementation to delete a comment Watch on Youtube!
Unit tests and implementation of the endpoint for deleting a comment. Physical delete vs Logical delete.
Lesson 15: Integration testing part 4 Watch on Youtube!
Write some integration tests for deleting the comment
Deployment
Lesson 16: Deployment Watch on Youtube!
- Various ways of running the application
- War deployment to an external server.
Lesson 17: External Database Watch on Youtube!
- Connect to MySQL server.
- How to use the embedded database for integration testing while using an external database for production.
Each module will also contain text-based lessons on which you would find Links to any external sites and references mentioned in video lessons.
E.g:
- The link to spring initializer website.
- Gradle commands used in Command-line.
- Other useful information
You would also be able to download the completed project in the last module.
