learn_spring_boot

Phase 1: Basics of Spring Boot

• Introduction to Spring Framework & Spring Boot
• Setting up a Spring Boot Project (using Spring Initializr)
• Understanding Spring Boot Annotations (@SpringBootApplication, @RestController, @Service, etc.)
• Creating REST APIs with Spring Boot
• Dependency Injection & Inversion of Control (IoC)
• Working with Properties (application.properties, application.yml)

Phase 2: Data Access Layer

• Spring Boot with JDBC & JPA
• Using Spring Data JPA (Repositories)
• Database Migrations (Flyway, Liquibase)
• Working with PostgreSQL/MySQL in Spring Boot
• Introduction to Hibernate & ORM Concepts

Phase 3: Advanced Features

• Exception Handling in Spring Boot
• Spring Boot Security (JWT Authentication, OAuth2)
• Caching with Redis
• Logging with Logback & ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana)
• API Documentation using Swagger & OpenAPI

Phase 4: Microservices Architecture

• Introduction to Microservices with Spring Boot
• Implementing Service Discovery (Eureka)
• API Gateway with Spring Cloud Gateway
• Inter-service communication (Feign Clients, RestTemplate, WebClient)
• Circuit Breaker using Resilience4j
• Distributed Tracing with Zipkin

Phase 5: Deployment & Monitoring

• Dockerizing Spring Boot Applications
• Kubernetes Deployment with Helm Charts
• CI/CD Pipeline using GitHub Actions
• Monitoring with Prometheus & Grafana