
Pro Spring Boot 4
Description
Master enterprise-grade application and microservice development with Pro Spring Boot 4. This revised edition empowers you to fully harness the groundbreaking capabilities of Spring Boot 4, crafting robust and scalable web, cloud, and microservice solutions with unparalleled ease.
Dive deep into the latest advancements, including enhanced support for Java 17 and 21, significant updates to Spring Security, refined Spring Boot Actuator metrics with Micrometer, and expanded GraalVM integration for native compilation. Explore cutting-edge features like RSocket service interfaces, enriched Spring Data JDBC flexibility, and the revolutionary AOT (Ahead-of-Time Transformation) for optimized performance.
Authored by seasoned experts, including a Developer Advocate on the Spring Team at Broadcom, and a Senior Staff Engineer and Instructor at CockroachLabs, this book delivers an authoritative, pragmatic guide filled with real-world case studies of increasing complexity. Gain invaluable insights, best practices, and first-hand knowledge directly from experts shaping the future of Spring Boot technology.
What You Will Learn
- Construct sophisticated web, cloud, microservices, and enterprise applications with the Spring Boot 4 framework.
- Achieve seamless persistence with JDBC, JPA, a wide array of NoSQL databases, and Distributed SQL with CockroachDB.
- Implement advanced messaging solutions with JMS, RabbitMQ, WebSockets, and RSocket.
- Leverage Spring AI to develop AI applications and agents. Connect to LLMs or other MCP Servers and utilize the appropriate tools to automate tasks.
- Navigate the Spring Cloud ecosystem and extend Spring Boot with custom Starters and @Enable features.
- Apply best practices for testing and deploying Spring Boot applications with confidence.
- Leverage the power of AOT (Ahead-Of-Time Transformations) and GraalVM for native compilation.
- Master the latest version of Spring Security for robust application protection
Who This Book Is for:
Experienced Spring and Java developers eager to significantly boost productivity, reduce complexity, and accelerate development cycles for their enterprise applications and software services.
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Felipe Gutierrez is a solutions software architect with bachelor's and master's degrees in computer science from Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey Campus Ciudad de Mexico. Felipe has over 30 years of IT experience and has developed programs for companies in multiple vertical industries, such as government, retail, healthcare, education, and banking. He is currently working as Staff Engineer for CockroachLabs, specializing in Teaching and developing content for CockroachDB and the new CockroachLabs University learning site. He has also worked as a solutions architect for big companies like VMware, Broadcom, EMC, Nokia, Apple, Redbox, IBM, and Qualcomm. He is the author of Spring Boot Messaging (Apress, 2017) and Spring Cloud Data Flow (Apress, 2020).
DaShaun Carter
is a Spring Developer Advocate at Broadcom and a seasoned software engineer with over 25 years of experience. He is a recognized expert in Redis, Cloud Foundry, and Spring, passionate about building high-performance, scalable software. His career spans diverse sectors including fintech, healthcare, and cybersecurity, featuring leadership roles such as VP of Engineering and Senior Partner Solution Architect. DaShaun is also a keynote speaker, Testcontainer Champion, Raspberry Pi enthusiast, and former professional cheerleader. DaShaun is deliberately practicing to build, run, and manage, better software, faster. When he's not coding, he's also a mediocre triathlete.
Content
1. Spring Boot - Quick Start.- 2. Spring Boot Internals and Features.- 3. Web Development with Spring Boot.- 4. JDBC with Spring Boot.- 5. Advanced Data Access with JdbcClient.- 6. Spring Data with Spring Boot.- 7. NoSQL with Spring Boot.- 8. NewSQL - Distributed SQL Transaction with Spring Boot.- 9. Going Reactive with Spring Boot.- 10. Testing with Spring Boot.- 11. Securing Spring Boot Applications.- 12. Messaging with Spring Boot.- 13. Spring Boot Actuator and Open Telemetry.- 14. Going Native with Spring Boot and GraalVM.- 15. Building Cloud-Native Microservices with Spring Cloud.- 16. Building Intelligent Applications with Spring AI.- 17. Extending Spring Boot with Custom Starters.- 18. What is new in Spring Boot 4.- Appendix A. Spring for GraphQL with Spring Boot.- Appendix B. gRPC with Spring Boot.