Java Web Development with Spring Boot

Modern web development demands high performance, scalability, security, and rapid development cycles. Java combined with the Spring Boot ecosystem offers a powerful, production-grade framework for building web applications and RESTful APIs. With features like dependency injection, auto-configuration, and seamless integration with Spring MVC, JPA, and Spring Security, Spring Boot has become the go-to choice for Java backend developers worldwide.

Whether you're transitioning from Java desktop development or starting fresh in backend engineering, this book is written by Alfred James, an experienced Java educator and backend engineer. This comprehensive guide is based on real-world projects and years of practical experience, helping readers build strong foundational knowledge and production-ready skills.

Java Web Development with Spring Boot is a complete step-by-step guide for building robust and scalable web applications using Java, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Data JPA, and RESTful services. Designed for absolute beginners and intermediate developers, this book walks you through everything from setting up your development environment to deploying your application to the cloud. Each chapter is structured like a mini bootcamp — clear explanations, real-world analogies, and working Java code.
What’s Inside:

• A beginner-friendly introduction to Spring Boot and Spring MVC
• Step-by-step user registration, authentication, and session management
• Creating RESTful APIs and connecting them with real-time frontends using Thymeleaf or React (optional)
• Building a task management system with role-based access
• Integrating JPA and Hibernate for database persistence
• Securing endpoints with Spring Security and JWT
• Testing, debugging, and deploying to production environments
• Mini-projects and full application builds you can deploy and expand

This book is for Java developers who want to learn web development using Spring Boot from scratch. No prior experience with Spring, web frameworks, or backend development is required. Basic Java programming knowledge is assumed. If you’re a beginner, software engineering student, or self-taught developer looking to enter the backend development field with Java, this book is for you.

Cut through months of confusion and fast-track your learning journey with a hands-on, real-world approach. Instead of abstract theory, this book offers immediate practical results — code today, deploy tomorrow. Master the fundamentals and build deployable applications within weeks, not months.