Spring Boot REST APIs: Building Modern APIs with Spring Boot

Develop Real-Time Spring Boot 3 RESTful Endpoints: CRUD Operations, JWTs, OpenAPI, Swagger, Auth, H2 Embedded DB, MySQL

What you'll learn
- Explore the architecture of the Spring Boot 3 REST framework and professional CRUD operations.
- Develop REST endpoints with OpenAPI and supporting Swagger Implementation
- Build reusable service-layer logic for scalable solutions
- Avoid code duplication with service/repository patterns
- Respond with appropriate status codes and error reporting
- Implement JWT authentication and authorization using Spring Security
- Protect endpoints with Authentication & Authorization
- We are RESPONSIVE INSTRUCTORS … post your questions and we will RESPOND in 24 hours.
- Spring Boot developers with REST endpoints experience are in HIGH-DEMAND. Level up your career!
- You can DOWNLOAD all source code and PDFs. Perfect for offline LEARNING and REVIEW.

Requirements
- Java: Java 17 or higher
- Spring Boot: version 3.x or higher
- Maven: version 3.9 or higher

Description
Spring Boot3is the most popular framework for building enterprise Java applications. Spring Boot 3 includes REST  support to develop scalable backend API development. By developing RESTful endpoints, you can create applications with better code design, securely authenticated scalable solutions, that are all easier to maintain. This course shows you how to take full advantage of Spring Boot's REST support.

You will also usemodern development toolssuch asIntelliJ (free version)andMaven. All of the projects are based on Maven, so you are free to use any IDE tool that you want.

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In this course, you will get:

- All source code is available for download

- Responsive Instructors: All questions answered within 24 hours

- PDFs of all lectures are available for download

- Professional video and audio recordings (check the free previews)

- High quality closed-captions / subtitles available for English and 14 other languages (new!)

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~ 1,000,000 (1 MILLION) happy students between the instructors of this course!

Students love this course! 5-star reviews

Chad Darby and Eric Roby are great at delivering the materials and giving good real-world examples of concepts. they make the course a very enjoyable class, This course is very thorough and detailed. Thank you - Ninos

Great course, the material is explained in such a clear way. I enjoy it a lot. Highly recommendable. - Ardak Sydyknazar

Chad Darby's courses are the best on Udemy. Thanks him I've got my first work and got promotion on the second one. Good job, my friend! © :) - Andrii Hryhoriev

this is my 4th Course with Mr. Darby, and his courses are so special. Organized, clear concepts, amazing material. and the most important his Knowledge of the Topic and he really deliver the information's for us. just amazing. - Ra'ed Abu Sa'da

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In this course, you will learn how to:

REST API Fundamentals

Understand REST architecture and principles

Set up Spring Boot REST controllers

Build endpoints for CRUD operations

Use @RestController, @RequestMapping, @PathVariable, and @RequestBody

Differentiate between GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE methods

Handle path variables and query parameters effectively

Leverage @ResponseStatus to control HTTP responses

Connect to Databases with Spring Data JPA

Integrate with MySQL (and H2 for local dev)

Use Spring Data JPA repositories

Map entities with JPA annotations

Perform custom queries using JPQL and native SQL

Use projections and DTOs to control data exposure

CRUD Operations

Create REST endpoints for full CRUD functionality

Return JSON data using Jackson

Use @PostMapping, @PutMapping, @DeleteMapping, and @GetMapping effectively

Build reusable service-layer logic

Avoid code duplication with generic service/repository patterns

Handle entity not found scenarios gracefully

Respond with appropriate status codes for create/update/delete operations

REST Best Practices

Use proper HTTP status codes

Path & Query Data Validation

Object Data Validation

Apply request validation with @Valid and custom validators

Structure consistent response models

Implement global exception handling with @ControllerAdvice

Leverage @ResponseEntity for flexible responses

Avoid exposing internal domain objects directly in responses

Secure Your REST APIs

Add basic authentication with Spring Security

Secure endpoints by role or path

Implement JWT authentication (coming soon in course updates)

Customize login/logout endpoints

Configure stateless sessions using JWT

Restrict CORS to specific domains

BCrypt Hashing for database passwords

Compared to other Spring Boot REST courses

This course isup to dateandcovers recent versions of Spring Boot 3. We make use ofmodern development toolssuch asIntelliJ (free version)andMaven.

We arevery responsive instructorsand we are available toanswer your questionsand help you work through any problems.

Finally, all source code is provided with the course along with setup instructions.

Student Reviews Prove This Course's Worth

Those who have reviewed the course have pointed out thatthe instruction is clear and easy to follow, as well as thorough and highly informative.

Many students had also taken other Spring Boot REST courses in the past, only to find thatthis Spring Boot REST course was their favorite. They enjoyed thestructure of the contentandthe high quality audio/video.

Sample of Student Reviews - 5 stars!

Chad Darby and Eric Roby are great at delivering the materials and giving good real-world examples of concepts. they make the course a very enjoyable class, This course is very thorough and detailed. Thank you - Ninos

Great course, the material is explained in such a clear way. I enjoy it a lot. Highly recommendable. - Ardak Sydyknazar

Chad Darby's courses are the best on Udemy. Thanks him I've got my first work and got promotion on the second one. Good job, my friend! © :) - Andrii Hryhoriev

this is my 4th Course with Mr. Darby, and his courses are so special. Organized, clear concepts, amazing material. and the most important his Knowledge of the Topic and he really deliver the information's for us. just amazing. - Ra'ed Abu Sa'da

Quality Material

You will receive a quality course, with solid technical material and excellent audio and video production. I am a best-selling instructor on Udemy. Here's a list of my top courses.

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These courses havereceived rave 5 star reviewsandover 1,000,000 students have taken the courses. Also, these courses arethe most popular courses in their respective categories.

We also haveactive YouTube channelswhere we post regular videos. In the past year, we have created over 1200 video tutorials (public and private). Our YouTube channels haveover 8 million viewsand50ksubscribers. So I understand what works and what doesn’t work for creating video tutorials.

No Risk – Udemy Refund

Finally,there is no risk. You can preview 25% of the course for free. Once you purchase the course, if for some reason  you are not happy with the course,Udemy offers a 30-day refund (based on Udemy's Refund Policy).

So you have nothing to lose,sign up for this course and learn how to apply Spring Boot REST framework

Target Audience

Java Developers with Spring Boot experience

Who this course is for:
- The course is appropriate for all Spring Boot developers.
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