Building REST APIs with Spring Boot (EN/NL/FR)

In this 3 day ABIS course you will learn how you can build, test and secure REST APIs using Spring Boot.

Intended for developers who wish to learn how to use the Spring framework for building REST APIs. When attending, knowledge of Core Spring is required.

Remark: Course description in English; Dutch and French versions are available on the ABIS website. Courses are planned in Dutch, English, and French. Consult the ABIS website for alternate course formats.

Main topics:

• Introduction to REST/JSON
  • What is REST
  • Spring's REST support
• Spring MVC basics 
  • Configuring Spring MVC
  • Writing a basic controller
• Creating a REST API in Spring
  • RestController, RequestBody and ResponseBody
  • HttpMessageConverter and Custom Message Converters
• Testing REST APIs
• Consuming a REST API in Spring
  • Using RestTemplate
• Error Handling and Validation
  • Validation (Bean Validation and Custom Validators)
  • Passing Errors to the client
• Securing REST APIs
  • Session-based Security, HTTP basic authentication, Digest authentication and Certificate Based Security
  • Using API keys
  • XAuth and OAuth 2.0

Intended for/Audience: Developers who wish to learn how to use the Spring framework for building REST APIs.

Background/Prerequisites: Knowledge of Core Spring (see course Spring fundamentals) is required.

Training Method/Didactics: Classroom instruction and exercises.

Duration: 3 days.