Spring Framework Certification Course Syllabus

Overview: This comprehensive, lab-driven course spans 8 modules, designed to take you from Spring fundamentals to advanced microservices patterns. With a balanced mix of theory and hands-on labs, the program covers core Spring Framework, Spring MVC, Spring Boot, data persistence, security, cloud-native development, testing, and a capstone integrating modern microservices practices. Each module spans approximately 1 week of part-time study, totaling 40–50 hours of learning and practice. Lifetime access ensures you can revisit content at your own pace.

Module 1: Spring Core & IoC

Estimated time: 7 hours

• ApplicationContext vs. BeanFactory
• Bean scopes and lifecycle callbacks
• Constructor vs. setter injection
• Configuring beans using annotations and XML

Module 2: Spring MVC & REST

Estimated time: 7 hours

• DispatcherServlet and request flow
• Controllers and ViewResolvers
• Building RESTful controllers
• JSON conversion and Thymeleaf integration

Module 3: Spring Boot Essentials

Estimated time: 7 hours

• Auto-configuration principles
• Using Spring Starters
• Customizing application.properties
• Monitoring with Actuator endpoints

Module 4: Data Access with Spring Data & JPA

Estimated time: 7 hours

• Spring Data JPA repositories
• JPQL and derived queries
• Pagination and sorting
• Transaction management and second-level caching

Module 5: Security with Spring Security

Estimated time: 7 hours

• In-memory and JDBC authentication
• Method-level security
• CSRF protection and session management
• OAuth2 integration for "Login with Google"

Module 6: Microservices with Spring Cloud

Estimated time: 7 hours

• Service discovery with Eureka
• Client-side load balancing using Ribbon
• Externalized configuration with Spring Cloud Config
• Routing and API Gateway patterns

Module 7: Testing & CI/CD

Estimated time: 7 hours

• Using @SpringBootTest for integration tests
• MockMvc for web layer testing
• Embedded databases and Mockito
• Building Docker images and CI pipeline integration

Module 8: Advanced Topics & Capstone Project

Estimated time: 7 hours

• Event-driven microservices with Spring Cloud Stream and Kafka
• Implementing circuit breakers using Resilience4j
• Distributed tracing with Sleuth and Zipkin

Prerequisites

• Familiarity with core Java programming
• Basic understanding of web applications and HTTP
• Experience with SQL and relational databases

What You'll Be Able to Do After

• Build enterprise-grade Java applications using Spring Framework
• Develop and secure RESTful web services with Spring MVC and Spring Security
• Bootstrap and customize applications using Spring Boot
• Implement data persistence with Spring Data JPA and caching
• Design, test, and deploy resilient, cloud-native microservices with Spring Cloud