Spring Framework revolutionized enterprise application development in the Java world. It has been the framework of choice for almost 15 years. This book will help you understand this evolution—from solving the problems of building testable loosely coupled applications to building web applications and REST APIs. Today, various Spring Projects are available to help you build cloud-native microservices and API backends for full stack applications. We will look at some of the important Spring Projects in depth—Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring Data, Spring Reactive, Spring Security, and Spring Test. We will build a web application, a Todo REST API, several cloud-native microservices, and a basic full stack application to understand the various Spring Projects. Advanced features of Spring Boot will also be covered and demonstrated through powerful examples.

By the end of this book, you will be equipped with the knowledge and best practices to develop applications with Spring, Spring Boot, and Spring Cloud.