I just announced the new Spring Boot 2 material, coming in REST With Spring:
The Spring Framework started as a Dependency-Injection container and grew into a full, rich and mature ecosystem.
If you’re just starting out with Spring – here’s where you go get started:
The Basics of Spring
>> Intro to Building an Application with Spring Boot
See how to bootstrap and test a simple Spring Boot application.
>> Spring Core Annotations
Explore the most commonly used Spring core annotations.
>> Spring Bean Annotations
Learn how and when to use the standard Spring bean annotations
>> Constructor Injection in Spring
Learn the basics of Constructor Injection in Spring.
>> Guide to @Autowired Annotation in Spring
Learn how to perform dependency injection using the @Autowired annotation in Spring.
>> NoSuchBeanDefinitionException in Spring
See how to prevent and recover from the NoSuchBeanDefinitionException in Spring.
>> Profiles in Spring
How to define and use Profiles in Spring. The 4 ways to enable profiles and their precedence. And a real-world example using profiles.
>> Properties with Spring and Spring Boot
Learn how to define and use custom profiles in Spring and Spring Boot.
Spring for the Web
>> @RequestMapping in Spring
A quick guide to the @RequestMapping annotation in Spring.
>> The Spring @Controller and @RestController Annotations
Learn about the differences between @Controller and @RestController annotations in Spring MVC.
>> Spring’s RequestBody and ResponseBody Annotations
Learn about the Spring @RequestBody and @ResponseBody annotations.
>> Spring MVC Tutorial
Spring MVC configuration – both Java and XML – on a simple Spring MVC project.
>> Spring MVC Form Tutorial
See how to create forms using Spring MVC.
>> Model, ModelMap, and ModelView in Spring MVC
Learn about the interfaces Model, ModelMap and ModelView provided by Spring MVC.
Spring for Persistence
>> Bootstrapping Hibernate 5 with Spring
A quick and practical guide to integrating Hibernate 5 with Spring.
>> Introduction to Spring Data JPA
Introduction to Spring Data JPA with Spring 4 – the Spring config, the DAO, manual and generated queries and transaction management.
