Complete Guide to Spring MVC

Course details

Looking to upskill with Spring? This course provides a comprehensive overview of how to build web applications using the Spring Model-View-Controller (MVC) architectural pattern. With hands-on exercises and practical, real-world examples, instructor Semirah Dolan shows you what it takes to master the core concepts of Spring MVC, including controllers, views, models, and more. Along the way, learn how to handle HTTP requests, process data, and create dynamic user interfaces. Dive deeper into advanced topics like data validation, exception handling, and RESTful API development. By the end of this course, you'll be equipped with the skills you need to design and develop efficient, scalable web applications using Spring MVC.

Learning objectives
Design and develop robust web applications using the Model-View-Controller (MVC) architectural pattern and Spring MVC framework.
Utilize Spring MVC components and annotations to handle HTTP requests, process data, and render dynamic views.
Implement data binding, validation, and exception handling to ensure data integrity and user experience.
Create RESTful APIs using Spring MVC to enable data exchange between applications.
Integrate Spring MVC with other Spring modules such as Spring Data, Spring Security, and Spring Boot to build comprehensive enterprise applications.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Spring MVC essentials
02 - What you should know

1. How to Build Serving Web Content with Spring MVC

03 - What you will build and what you need
04 - Start from scratch vs. skipping the basics
05 - Starting with Spring Initializr
06 - Skip basics - Source repository for this guide
07 - Create a web controller
08 - Spring Boot devtools
09 - Run the application
10 - Test the application
11 - Add a home page
12 - Summary and next steps

2. DispatcherServlet

13 - DispatcherServlet
14 - Request processing and handling
15 - View rendering and localization
16 - Data handling - Multipart Resolver
17 - Logging

3. Filters

18 - Form data
19 - Forwarded headers
20 - Shallow ETag
21 - CORS

4. Annotated Controllers

22 - Declaration overview
23 - Declaration - AOP proxies
24 - Mapping requests overview
25 - Mapping requests - URI patterns
26 - Mapping requests - Consumable media types
27 - Mapping requests - Producible media types
28 - Handler methods overview
29 - Handler methods - Method arguments
30 - Handler methods - Return values
31 - Handler methods - Type conversion
32 - Model
33 - @InitBinder overview
34 - Validation
35 - Exceptions overview
36 - Exceptions - Method arguments
37 - Exceptions - Return values
38 - Controller advice

5. Functional Endpoints

39 - Functional endpoints overview
40 - HandlerFunction overview
41 - HandlerFunction - ServerRequest & ServerResponse
42 - HandlerFunction - Handler classes
43 - HandlerFunction - Validation
44 - RouterFunctions and routing
45 - Serving static resources
46 - Running a server
47 - Filtering handler functions

6. URI Links

48 - URI handling and building
49 - Relative servlet requests
50 - Links to controllers
51 - Links in views

7. Asynchronous Requests

52 - DeferredResult
53 - Callable
54 - Request and response processing
55 - HTTP streaming overview
56 - Reactive types
57 - Context propagation
58 - Disconnects
59 - Configuring Spring MVC applications

8. CORS

60 - CORS introduction
61 - CORS configuration
62 - CORS filter
63 - CORS best practices and security

9. Error Responses

64 - Render
65 - Non-standard fields
66 - Customization and i18n
67 - Client handling

10. Web Security

68 - Spring MVC security
69 - Spring MVC test support
70 - CSRF protection
71 - Security response headers

11. HTTP Caching

72 - CacheControl
73 - Controllers
74 - Static resources
75 - ETag filter

12. Integrated Technologies

76 - Groovy Markup overview
77 - Thymeleaf
78 - FreeMarker overview
79 - Script views overview
80 - JSP and JSTL overview
81 - RSS and Atom
82 - PDF and Excel overview
83 - Jackson overview
84 - XML marshalling
85 - XSLT views overview

13. MVC Config

86 - Enable MVC configuration
87 - MVC config API
88 - Type conversion
89 - Validation
90 - Interceptors and handlers
91 - Controllers and views
92 - Advanced configuration

14. HTTP 2

93 - HTTP 2 overview

15. Conclusion

94 - Practice your knowledge
95 - What's next - Spring 7
96 - Conclusion