Spring Boot REST API with Java & Gradle

Overview

This course path teaches you to build robust REST APIs with Spring Boot, Java, and Gradle. It covers core concepts like Spring Beans, dependency injection, and RESTful API development, along with request validation, exception handling, and data persistence using Spring Data JPA.

What you'll learn

Configure Spring Boot projects with Java and Gradle
Manage Spring Beans, dependency injection, scopes, and lifecycles
Build REST controllers that handle parameters and return JSON responses
Implement CRUD operations for RESTful resources
Validate requests and handle API exceptions
Persist and query data with Spring Data JPA repositories
Model entity relationships and apply pagination and sorting

Advantages and disadvantages

Advantages

University courses you can audit for free, with lectures, readings and practice quizzes.
A verified certificate from the university if you pay for it.
Self-paced: start any time.

Disadvantages

Graded assignments and the certificate need the paid track.
Audit access can expire a few weeks after the course ends.
Learning is free, but the certificate costs money.
Some parts (graded work, certificate) are paid.

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Free to audit

Free: Choose "Audit this course" when you enrol: lectures, readings and practice are free.
Paid: Graded assignments and the verified certificate (Certificate $65). Audit access may end after the course closes.

Before you start

Beginner: API Integration, Design, & Development (Gradle, Java, Spring Boot) Beginner: Data Management and Database Querying (Gradle, Java, Spring Boot)