Spring Boot Build Tools: Maven & Gradle
Configure Maven and Gradle for Spring Boot projects—plugins, dependency management, packaging JARs and WARs, and build automation essentials.
Configure Maven and Gradle for Spring Boot projects—plugins, dependency management, packaging JARs and WARs, and build automation essentials.
A comprehensive learning path from Spring Boot basics to production-ready microservices. Master auto-configuration, REST APIs, data access, security, testing, and deployment.
Configure embedded servers in Spring Boot: compare Tomcat, Jetty, and Undertow, tune thread pools, enable access logs, and switch implementations.
Explore JUnit 5 Jupiter features: master test lifecycle annotations, organize tests with @Nested, and parameterize tests with @CsvSource and @MethodSource.
Learn Mockito fundamentals: create mocks and spies, stub behavior with when().thenReturn(), verify interactions, and choose between Spy vs Mock wisely.
Monitor Spring Boot apps with Actuator: built-in health checks, metrics, info endpoints, and how to build custom health indicators.
Deep dive into Spring Boot Actuator: expose custom metrics with Micrometer, create custom HealthIndicators, and secure actuator endpoints properly.
Explore Spring Boot project structure conventions, the role of @SpringBootApplication, and how component scanning discovers beans.
Implement Spring Boot caching with @Cacheable, @CacheEvict, and Redis: reduce database load, handle cache hits, misses, and invalidation properly.
Master Spring Boot external configuration with @ConfigurationProperties, relaxed binding rules, and application.yml/yml setup.