Spring Boot 4 REST APIs: Building Modern REST APIs (Udemy.com)

UPDATED FOR SPRING BOOT 4 AND SPRING 7

Spring Boot 4 is the most popular framework for building enterprise Java applications. Spring Boot 4 includes REST  support to develop scalable backend API development. By developing RESTful endpoints, you can create applications with better code design, securely authenticated scalable solutions, that are all easier to maintain. This course shows you how to take full advantage of Spring Boot's REST support.

You will also use modern development tools such as IntelliJ (free version) and Maven. All of the projects are based on Maven, so you are free to use any IDE tool that you want.

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In this course, you will get:

- All source code is available for download

- Responsive Instructors: All questions answered within 24 hours

- PDFs of all lectures are available for download

- Professional video and audio recordings (check the free previews)

- High quality closed-captions / subtitles available for English and 14 other languages (new!)

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~ 1,000,000 (1 MILLION) happy students between the instructors of this course!

Students love this course! 5-star reviews

Chad Darby and Eric Roby are great at delivering the materials and giving good real-world examples of concepts. they make the course a very enjoyable class, This course is very thorough and detailed. Thank you - Ninos

Great course, the material is explained in such a clear way. I enjoy it a lot. Highly recommendable. - Ardak Sydyknazar

Chad Darby's courses are the best on Udemy. Thanks him I've got my first work and got promotion on the second one. Good job, my friend! (c) :) - Andrii Hryhoriev

this is my 4th Course with Mr. Darby, and his courses are so special. Organized, clear concepts, amazing material. and the most important his Knowledge of the Topic and he really deliver the information's for us. just amazing. - Ra'ed Abu Sa'da

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In this course, you will learn how to:

REST API Fundamentals

• Understand REST architecture and principles

• Set up Spring Boot REST controllers

• Build endpoints for CRUD operations

• Use @RestController, @RequestMapping, @PathVariable, and @RequestBody

• Differentiate between GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE methods

• Handle path variables and query parameters effectively

• Leverage @ResponseStatus to control HTTP responses

Connect to Databases with Spring Data JPA

• Integrate with MySQL (and H2 for local dev)

• Use Spring Data JPA repositories

• Map entities with JPA annotations

• Perform custom queries using JPQL and native SQL

• Use projections and DTOs to control data exposure

CRUD Operations

• Create REST endpoints for full CRUD functionality

• Return JSON data using Jackson

• Use @PostMapping, @PutMapping, @DeleteMapping, and @GetMapping effectively

• Build reusable service-layer logic

• Avoid code duplication with generic service/repository patterns

• Handle entity not found scenarios gracefully

• Respond with appropriate status codes for create/update/delete operations

REST Best Practices

• Use proper HTTP status codes

• Path & Query Data Validation

• Object Data Validation

• Apply request validation with @Valid and custom validators

• Structure consistent response models

• Implement global exception handling with @ControllerAdvice

• Leverage @ResponseEntity for flexible responses

• Avoid exposing internal domain objects directly in responses

Secure Your REST APIs

• Add basic authentication with Spring Security

• Secure endpoints by role or path

• Implement JWT authentication (coming soon in course updates)

• Customize login/logout endpoints

• Configure stateless sessions using JWT

• Restrict CORS to specific domains

• BCrypt Hashing for database passwords

Compared to other Spring Boot REST courses

This course is up to date and covers recent versions of Spring Boot 4. We make use of modern development tools such as IntelliJ (free version) and Maven.

We are very responsive instructors and we are available to answer your questions and help you work through any problems.

Finally, all source code is provided with the course along with setup instructions.

Student Reviews Prove This Course's Worth

Those who have reviewed the course have pointed out that the instruction is clear and easy to follow, as well as thorough and highly informative. 

Many students had also taken other Spring Boot REST courses in the past, only to find that this Spring Boot REST course was their favorite. They enjoyed the structure of the content and the high quality audio/video.

Sample of Student Reviews - 5 stars!

Chad Darby and Eric Roby are great at delivering the materials and giving good real-world examples of concepts. they make the course a very enjoyable class, This course is very thorough and detailed. Thank you - Ninos

Great course, the material is explained in such a clear way. I enjoy it a lot. Highly recommendable. - Ardak Sydyknazar

Chad Darby's courses are the best on Udemy. Thanks him I've got my first work and got promotion on the second one. Good job, my friend! (c) :) - Andrii Hryhoriev

this is my 4th Course with Mr. Darby, and his courses are so special. Organized, clear concepts, amazing material. and the most important his Knowledge of the Topic and he really deliver the information's for us. just amazing. - Ra'ed Abu Sa'da

Quality Material

You will receive a quality course, with solid technical material and excellent audio and video production. I am a best-selling instructor on Udemy. Here's a list of my top courses.