Compiled Learning Objectives

At the end of the sprint, you should be able to do the following things. Make sure to check you can do them all, and if not, go back and keep practicing until you can.

Introduction to Spring Framework & Spring Boot (Prep)

• Explain why java frameworks are used in enterprise applications
• Explain why field injection is not recommended
• Explain the benefits of using Spring in Java applications
• Explain what Spring Boot is and why it simplifies Spring development

Introducing Java Persistence API (JPA) and Spring Data (Prep)

• Explain what JPA is and why it is important.
• Explain how Spring Data JPA simplifies Create, Read, Update Delete (CRUD) operations.
• Explain how Spring Data JPA generates queries based on method names.
• Create a database with User & Task tables and the JPA entity classes to represent the data persisted in these tables.
• Define spring data repository interfaces for querying the User and Task databases.
• Explain the concept of entities, repositories, and transactions.

Introduction to Spring REST (Prep)

• Define REST Controllers for Tasks and Users, using @RestContoller and mapping annotations (@GetMapping, @PostMapping)
• Send HTTP requests to Spring REST endpoints using Postman

Testing in Spring Boot (Prep)

• Create and run unit tests that validate individual methods.
• Explain when to use simple unit tests versus when a Spring context is needed.
• Create and integration test with @SpringBootTest.
• Mock dependencies with Mockito & explain why mocking is used in unit testing.