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Building HTTP APIs with Spring

Vanderbilt University

Learn to build powerful HTTP APIs with Spring, a widely-used Java framework. Dive deep into RESTful services, data persistence with Spring Data JPA, security with Spring Security, and testing strategies. Suitable for both beginners and experienced Java developers, this course covers foundational concepts, Spring Boot mastery, data persistence, security, and testing.

  • Understand the principles of REST and the significance of stateless APIs
  • Kickstart your applications and reduce the boilerplate with Spring Boot
  • Integrate with databases using Spring Data JPA and discover the magic of CRUD operations without writing SQL
  • Safeguard your APIs with Spring Security, implementing authentication and authorization mechanisms
  • Ensure your APIs stand the test of time with unit, integration, and end-to-end testing strategies

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Building HTTP APIs with Spring
Course Modules

Dive into frameworks, components, and dependency injection, understand HTTP, build web applications, and learn web application security basics with unique modules tailored for both beginners and seasoned developers.

Frameworks, Components, & Dependency Injection

Master the Java Spring Framework, software components, inversion of control, dependency injection, and integration testing with the Spring Framework. Understand the lifecycle management of software components and explore different styles of dependency injection.

Understanding HTTP

Gain comprehensive knowledge of communication protocols, HTTP request and response anatomy, URLs, query parameters, mime types, content-type headers, request body encoding, and cookies. Test your understanding with a quiz.

Building Web Applications

Explore Spring controllers, web application frameworks, routing, request handling, marshalling, unmarshalling data, and Spring Data JPA for building web applications on HTTP.

Web Application Security Basics

Understand the basics of authentication vs. authorization, cookies, sessions, Spring Security, the principal, cross-site request forgery, and public key infrastructure. Test your knowledge with a quiz.

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