Spring Start Here

Table of contents

1. Spring Start Here
2. Copyright
3. contents
4. front matter
   1. foreword
   2. preface
   3. acknowledgments
   4. about this book
      1. Who should read this book
      2. How this book is organized: A roadmap
      3. About the code
      4. liveBook discussion forum
   5. about the author
   6. about the cover illustration
5. Part 1 Fundamentals
6. 1 Spring in the real world
   1. 1.1 Why should we use frameworks?
   2. 1.2 The Spring ecosystem
      1. 1.2.1 Discovering Spring Core: The foundation of Spring
      2. 1.2.2 Using Spring Data Access feature to implement the app’s persistence
      3. 1.2.3 The Spring MVC capabilities for developing web apps
      4. 1.2.4 The Spring testing feature
      5. 1.2.5 Projects from the Spring ecosystem
   3. 1.3 Spring in real-world scenarios
      1. 1.3.1 Using Spring in the development of a backend app
      2. 1.3.2 Using Spring in a automation test app
      3. 1.3.3 Using Spring for the development of a desktop app
      4. 1.3.4 Using Spring in mobile apps
   4. 1.4 When not to use frameworks
      1. 1.4.1 You need to have a small footprint
      2. 1.4.2 Security needs dictate custom code
      3. 1.4.3 Abundant existing customizations make a framework impractical
      4. 1.4.4 You won’t benefit from switching to a framework
   5. 1.5 What will you learn in this book
   6. Summary
7. 2 The Spring context: Defining beans
   1. 2.1 Creating a Maven project
   2. 2.2 Adding new beans to the Spring context
      1. 2.2.1 Using the @Bean annotation to add beans into the Spring context
      2. 2.2.2 Using stereotype annotations to add beans to the Spring context
      3. 2.2.3 Programmatically adding beans to the Spring context
   3. Summary
8. 3 The Spring context: Wiring beans
   1. 3.1 Implementing relationships among beans defined in the configuration file
      1. 3.1.1 Wiring the beans using a direct method call between the @Bean methods
      2. 3.1.2 Wiring the beans using the @Bean annotated method’s parameters
   2. 3.2 Using the @Autowired annotation to inject beans
      1. 3.2.1 Using @Autowired to inject the values through the class fields
      2. 3.2.2 Using @Autowired to inject the values through the constructor
      3. 3.2.3 Using dependency injection through the setter
   3. 3.3 Dealing with circular dependencies
   4. 3.4 Choosing from multiple beans in the Spring context
   5. Summary
9. 4 The Spring context: Using abstractions
   1. 4.1 Using interfaces to define contracts
      1. 4.1.1 Using interfaces for decoupling implementations
      2. 4.1.2 The requirement of the scenario
      3. 4.1.3 Implementing the requirement without using a framework
   2. 4.2 Using dependency injection with abstractions
      1. 4.2.1 Deciding which objects should be part of the Spring context
      2. 4.2.2 Choosing what to auto-wire from multiple implementations of an abstraction
   3. 4.3 Focusing on object responsibilities with stereotype annotations
   4. Summary
10. 5 The Spring context: Bean scopes and life cycle
    1. 5.1 Using the singleton bean scope
       1. 5.1.1 How singleton beans work
       2. 5.1.2 Singleton beans in real-world scenarios
       3. 5.1.3 Using eager and lazy instantiation
    2. 5.2 Using the prototype bean scope
       1. 5.2.1 How prototype beans work
       2. 5.2.2 Prototype beans in real-world scenarios
    3. Summary
11. 6 Using aspects with Spring AOP
    1. 6.1 How aspects work in Spring
    2. 6.2 Implementing aspects with Spring AOP
       1. 6.2.1 Implementing a simple aspect
       2. 6.2.2 Altering the intercepted method’s parameters and the returned value
       3. 6.2.3 Intercepting annotated methods
       4. 6.2.4 Other advice annotations you can use
    3. 6.3 The aspect execution chain
    4. Summary
12. Part 2 Implementation
13. 7 Understanding Spring Boot and Spring MVC
    1. 7.1 What is a web app?
       1. 7.1.1 A general overview of a web app
       2. 7.1.2 Different fashions of implementing a web app with Spring
       3. 7.1.3 Using a servlet container in web app development
    2. 7.2 The magic of Spring Boot
       1. 7.2.1 Using a project initialization service to create a Spring Boot project
       2. 7.2.2 Using dependency starters to simplify the dependency management
       3. 7.2.3 Using autoconfiguration by convention based on dependencies
    3. 7.3 Implementing a web app with Spring MVC
    4. Summary
14. 8 Implementing web apps with Spring Boot and Spring MVC
    1. 8.1 Implementing web apps with a dynamic view
       1. 8.1.1 Getting data on the HTTP request
       2. 8.1.2 Using request parameters to send data from client to server
       3. 8.1.3 Using path variables to send data from client to server
    2. 8.2 Using the GET and POST HTTP methods
    3. Summary
15. 9 Using the Spring web scopes
    1. 9.1 Using the request scope in a Spring web app
    2. 9.2 Using the session scope in a Spring web app
    3. 9.3 Using the application scope in a Spring web app
    4. Summary
16. 10 Implementing REST services
    1. 10.1 Using REST services to exchange data between apps
    2. 10.2 Implementing a REST endpoint
    3. 10.3 Managing the HTTP response
       1. 10.3.1 Sending objects as a response body
       2. 10.3.2 Setting the response status and headers
       3. 10.3.3 Managing exceptions at the endpoint level
    4. 10.4 Using a request body to get data from the client
    5. Summary
17. 11 Consuming REST endpoints
    1. 11.1 Calling REST endpoints using Spring Cloud OpenFeign
    2. 11.2 Calling REST endpoints using RestTemplate
    3. 11.3 Calling REST endpoints using WebClient
    4. Summary
18. 12 Using data sources in Spring apps
    1. 12.1 What a data source is
    2. 12.2 Using JdbcTemplate to work with persisted data
    3. 12.3 Customizing the configuration of the data source
       1. 12.3.1 Defining the data source in the application properties file
       2. 12.3.2 Using a custom DataSource bean
    4. Summary
19. 13 Using transactions in Spring apps
    1. 13.1 Transactions
    2. 13.2 How transactions work in Spring
    3. 13.3 Using transactions in Spring apps
    4. Summary
20. 14 Implementing data persistence with Spring Data
    1. 14.1 What Spring Data is
    2. 14.2 How Spring Data works
    3. 14.3 Using Spring Data JDBC
    4. Summary
21. 15 Testing your Spring app
    1. 15.1 Writing correctly implemented tests
    2. 15.2 Implementing tests in Spring apps
       1. 15.2.1 Implementing unit tests
       2. 15.2.2 Implementing integration tests
    3. Summary
22. Appendix A. Architectural approaches
    1. A.1 The monolithic approach
    2. A.2 Using a service-oriented architecture
       1. A.2.1 Complexity caused by communication among services
       2. A.2.2 Complexity added to the security of the system
       3. A.2.3 Complexity added for the data persistence
       4. A.2.4 Complexity added in the deployment of the system
    3. A.3 From microservices to serverless
    4. A.4 Further reading
23. Appendix B. Using XML for the context configuration
24. Appendix C. A quick introduction to HTTP
    1. C.1 What is HTTP?
    2. C.2 The HTTP request as a language between client and server
    3. C.3 The HTTP response: The way the server responds
    4. C.4 The HTTP session
25. Appendix D. Using JSON formatting
26. Appendix E. Installing MySQL and creating a database
    1. Step 1: Install a DBMS on your local system
    2. Step 2: Install a client application for your DBMS
    3. Step 3: Connecting to the local DBMS
    4. Step 4: Add a new database
27. Appendix F. Recommended tools
28. Appendix G. Recommended learning materials for further study
29. index