Spring Boot and Cloud Native Applications

Spring Boot is a popular Java-based framework that significantly simplifies the development of cloud-native applications. By providing auto-configuration, embedded servers, and an opinionated approach to dependencies, it enables developers to rapidly create stand-alone, production-ready microservices. These microservices serve as the fundamental building blocks of a cloud-native architecture, designed to be packaged in containers, deployed independently, and managed by orchestration systems like Kubernetes. This synergy allows for the creation of highly scalable, resilient, and maintainable systems that fully leverage the dynamic and distributed nature of modern cloud computing environments.

  1. Foundations of Spring Framework
    1. Core Principles of Spring
      1. Inversion of Control (IoC)
        1. Definition and Benefits
          1. IoC Container Concepts
            1. Bean Lifecycle Management
              1. Container Types
              2. Dependency Injection (DI)
                1. Constructor Injection
                  1. Setter Injection
                    1. Field Injection
                      1. Injection Best Practices
                      2. Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP)
                        1. Cross-Cutting Concerns
                          1. Aspects and Pointcuts
                            1. Advice Types
                              1. Proxy-Based AOP
                            2. Spring Framework Architecture
                              1. Spring Core Container
                                1. Bean Factory
                                  1. Application Context
                                    1. Bean Definition Registry
                                    2. Spring Context Module
                                      1. Context Hierarchy
                                        1. Event Handling
                                          1. Resource Loading
                                          2. Spring Expression Language (SpEL)
                                            1. Expression Syntax
                                              1. Bean References
                                                1. Method Invocation
                                                2. Spring Data Access
                                                  1. JDBC Template
                                                    1. Transaction Management
                                                      1. Data Source Configuration
                                                      2. Spring Web MVC
                                                        1. MVC Architecture
                                                          1. Request Processing Flow
                                                            1. View Resolution
                                                            2. Spring Security Framework
                                                              1. Authentication Mechanisms
                                                                1. Authorization Models
                                                                  1. Security Filters