VMware Spring: Core Training

Module 1: Introduction to Spring

• Java configuration and the Spring application context @Configuration and @Bean annotations
• @Import: working with multiple configuration files 
• Defining bean scopes
• Launching a Spring Application and obtaining Beans

Module 2: Spring JAVA Configuration: A Deeper Look

• External properties & Property sources Environment abstraction
• Using bean profiles
• Spring Expression Language (SpEL)

Module 3: Annotation-based Dependency Injection

• Component scanning 
• Autowiring using @Autowired
• Java configuration versus annotations, mixing
• Lifecycle annotations: @PostConstruct and @PreDestroy 
• Stereotypes and meta-annotations

Module 4: Factory Pattern in Spring

• Using Spring FactoryBeans

Module 5: Advanced Spring: How Does Spring Work Internally?

• The Spring Bean Lifecycle
• The BeanFactoryPostProcessor interception point 
• The BeanPostProcessor interception point
• Spring Bean Proxies
• @Bean method return types

Module 6: Aspect-oriented programming

• What problems does AOP solve? 
• Defining pointcut expressions
• Implementing various types of advice

Module 7: Testing a Spring-based Application

• Spring and Test-Driven Development 
• Spring 5 integration testing with JUnit 5
• Application context caching and the @DirtiesContext annotation 
• Profile selection with @ActiveProfiles
• Easy test data setup with @Sql

Module 8: Data Access and JDBC with Spring

• How Spring integrates with existing data access technologies 
• DataAccessException hierarchy
• Spring‘s JdbcTemplate

Module 9: Database Transactions with Spring

• Transactions overview
• Transaction management with Spring 
• Transaction propagation and rollback rules 
• Transactions and integration testing

Module 10: Spring Boot Introduction

• Introduction to Spring Boot Features 
• Value Proposition of Spring Boot
• Creating a simple Boot application using Spring Initializer website

Module 11: Spring Boot Dependencies, Auto-configuration, and Runtime

• Dependency management using Spring Boot starters 
• How auto-configuration works
• Configuration properties 
• Overriding auto-configuration 
• Using CommandLineRunner

Module 12: JPA with Spring and Spring Data

• Quick introduction to ORM with JPA 
• Benefits of using Spring with JPA 
• JPA configuration in Spring
• Configuring Spring JPA using Spring Boot 
• Spring Data JPA dynamic repositories

Module 13: Spring MVC Architecture and Overview

• Introduction to Spring MVC and request processing 
• Controller method signatures
• Using @Controller, @RestController and @GetMapping annotations 
• Configuring Spring MVC with Spring Boot
• Spring Boot packaging options, JAR or WAR

Module 14: Rest with Spring MVC

• An introduction to the REST architectural style 
• Controlling HTTP response codes with @ResponseStatus
• Implementing REST with Spring MVC, @RequestMapping, @RequestBody and @ResponseBody 
• Spring MVC’s HttpMessageConverters and automatic content negotiation

Module 15: Spring Security

• What problems does Spring Security solve? 
• Configuring authentication
• Implementing authorization by intercepting URLs 
• Authorization at the Java method level Understanding the Spring Security filter chain 
• Spring security testing

Module 16: Actuators, Metrics and Health Indicators

• Exposing Spring Boot Actuator endpoints 
• Custom Metrics
• Health Indicators
• Creating custom Health Indicators 
• External monitoring systems

Module 17: Spring Boot Testing Enhancements

• Spring Boot testing overview
• Integration testing  using  @SpringBootTest 
• Web slice testing with MockMvc framework 
• Slices to test different layers of the application

Module 18: Spring Security Oauth 

• OAuth 2 Overview
• Implementing OAuth 2 using Spring Security OAuth

Module 19: Reactive Applications with Spring 

• Overview of Reactive Programming concepts 
• Reactive Programming support in Spring
• Using Spring’s reactive WebClient