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Spring Framework Master Class - Java Spring the Modern Way (Udemy.com)

Learn the magic of Java Spring Framework with Spring Boot, Spring JDBC, Spring AOP, Hibernate, JUnit & Mockito

Created by: in28Minutes Official

Last updated June 2026

Our take

Based on the ratings of 29,267 students, a sample of their written reviews and the syllabus, as the course stood in June 2026. No course pays to be reviewed.

Ranga Karanam's Spring course is a fundamentals class, not a full application build. The syllabus shows about 15 hours across 165 short lectures, organised into six levels: dependency injection and the application context, unit testing with JUnit and Mockito, Spring Boot, AOP, and databases with Spring JDBC, JPA and Spring Data. There is a long Spring MVC preview plus side sections on Eclipse, Maven and Gradle. It is aimed at people who already write Java and have never used Spring. It has roughly 165,000 students and 29,000 reviews, and it was updated in June 2026.

Reviewers like the structure and the fact that each topic gets its own short video. Several call the explanations clear, one says Spring looks simpler afterwards, and a few thank Ranga by name for the teaching style. The complaints are specific. One two-star review says the Spring Boot and Eclipse versions change between sections, which left them unsure what to install. The same reviewer, who already knew core Java, still found the volume of annotations and configuration hard to retain, and doubted a total beginner could keep up. A four-star review missed proper exercises; the course has no quizzes or coding exercises, so students are told to experiment on their own.

Value is fair for a paid course of this length, and the rating breakdown is healthy: about 84 percent of ratings are four or five stars. It stops well before the material in Master Microservices with Spring Boot and Spring Cloud, which sits alongside it in this category. Pick it if you want the reasoning behind the annotations before tackling a bigger build. If a project or hands-on practice matters more, one of the neighbours is a better fit.

Best forJava developers who have never touched Spring and want the container and annotations explained before building anything big.
Skip it ifYou want a large project or graded practice; there are no quizzes or coding exercises, just short videos and a few articles.

Pros

  • Six-level structure from dependency injection up to Spring Boot, AOP and JPA, in 165 mostly short lectures
  • Reviewers repeatedly call the explanations clear and say Spring felt simpler afterwards
  • Updated June 2026, with captions in 9 languages and side sections on Eclipse, Maven and Gradle
  • JUnit and Mockito are covered early, so testing is built into the course rather than tacked on

Cons

  • A reviewer reports Spring Boot and Eclipse versions changing between sections, causing confusion
  • No quizzes or coding exercises; a four-star reviewer missed proper practice tasks
  • Dense on annotations and configuration; a reviewer with core Java found it hard to retain
As a beginner to spring framework this course laid out a good foundation and understanding by its step by step approach.
Shruthika Amin, a student

Listed as all levels, but the requirements assume some Java experience and zero Spring; not for people who have never coded.

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What you will learn

  • You will Learn Spring Framework the MODERN WAY - The way Real Projects use it!
  • You will Become a COMPLETE Spring Developer - With the ability to write Great Unit Tests
  • You will Acquire ALL the SKILLS to demonstrate an EXPERTISE with Spring Framework in Your Job Interviews
  • You will learn the BASICS of Spring - Dependency Injection, IOC Container, Application Context and Bean Factory
  • You will Become the GO TO GUY for Fixing Spring Framework problems in Your Project
  • You will GO FROM a Total Beginner to an EXPERIENCED Spring Developer
  • You will understand how to use Spring Annotations - @Autowired, @Component, @Service, @Repository, @Configuration, @Primary....
  • You will understand Spring MVC in depth - DispatcherServlet , Model, Controllers and ViewResolver
  • You will use a variety of Spring Boot Starters - Spring Boot Starter Web, Starter Data Jpa, Starter Test
  • You will learn the basics of Spring Boot, Spring AOP, Spring JDBC and JPA
  • You will learn the basics of Eclipse, Maven, JUnit and Mockito
  • You will develop a basic Web application step by step using JSP Servlets and Spring MVC
  • You will learn to write unit tests with XML, Java Application Contexts and Mockito

Course content

16 sections · 165 lectures · 15 hours of video 17 articles

  1. 1Quick Introduction to Spring Framework 1 free preview3 lectures · 17 min
  2. 2Spring Master Class - Level 1 to Level 6 - Course Overview, Github & More…. 1 free preview2 lectures · 6 min
  3. 3Spring Level 1 - Introduction to Java Spring Framework in 10 Steps 3 free previews14 lectures · 1 hour
  4. 4Spring Level 2 - Spring Framework in Depth 3 free previews21 lectures · 1.9 hours
  5. 5Basic Tools and Frameworks - JUnit in 5 Steps5 lectures · 37 min
  6. 6Basic Tools and Frameworks - Mockito in 5 Steps7 lectures · 38 min
  7. 7Spring Level 3 - Unit Testing with Spring Framework4 lectures · 25 min
  8. 8Spring Level 4 - Spring Boot in 10 (Actually 12) Steps14 lectures · 1.2 hours
  9. 9Spring Level 5 - Spring AOP12 lectures · 1.3 hours
  10. 10Spring Level 6 - Interacting with Databases - Spring JDBC, JPA and Spring Data 1 free preview25 lectures · 1.7 hours

Who it is for

The instructor says it suits

  • You want to learn the basics of Spring Framework with Hands-on examples
  • You want learn developing testable applications with Spring
  • You want to understand basic Spring Modules : AOP, JDBC
  • You want to understand basics of Spring Boot

What you need before you start

  • You have an attitude to learn while having fun :)
  • You have some programming experience with Java and Zero experience with Spring

How it compares

Against the other 101 rated Udemy courses in Java Spring Framework on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 50% of them
  • Reviews29,267#3 of 102 by number of reviews
  • Length14.7 hourslonger than 64% of them
  • Last updatedJune 2026more recently than 64% of them

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Course Description

Do you want to become an Expert on the Spring Framework?  Do you want to become a Modern Spring Developer? Join the course to learn Spring Framework the Modern Way - The way Real World Java Projects use it!

Learn the magic of Spring Framework. From IOC (Inversion of Control), DI (Dependency Injection), Application Context to the world of Java Spring Boot, Spring AOP, Spring JDBC and JPA. Get set for an incredible journey.


WHAT OUR LEARNERS ARE SAYING:

5 STARS - This is so far the best Spring course I have been taking. Start from simple and easy, yet in-depth explanation. Really well-designed! Recommend to anyone like me that have a medium java background (learned from school class), but completely new to Spring. And it is also a great practice for what I learned from our OOAD course at school. Now it is crystal clear to me!! Highly recommended!

5 STARS - Excellent In-depth, Real World Oriented Course with Excellent teaching style with crystal clear explanations - in general a course cannot be better than this in my opinion. Thank you for this superb training experience Ranga.

5 STARS - The instructor is very knowledgeable, and what makes this course a winner is the scope of each example along with its explanation. The lectures are short, and enough to introduce and understand the topic to make it functional. It really helps that it is hands-on, and I had no trouble or errors running any of the code. You learn the essentials to work with Spring, but also guides you through Eclipse and shortcuts which are very useful. The pace and length of the lectures are perfect! Extremely well done! This knowledge would have taken me a lot longer to learn were it not for this course, Thank you Ranga!

5 STARS - I know a lot more about dependency injection, IOC, loose-coupling, and application context thanks to Ranga. He has changed my life. I am now more knowledgeable about Spring framework and am really confident in my interviews. He deserves every penny from me and needs to become a millionaire for making me position myself to potentially becoming a Spring Guru.

5 STARS - This course shifted me to a new level of understanding Spring. Great tutor.

5 STARS - Great course and to the point, which is helpful if you need to brush up/learn all you need fast all while understanding the fundamental concepts about spring/spring mvc/spring boot and their related technologies.


COURSE OVERVIEW:

In this course, you will learn the features of Spring, Spring Boot and Spring Modules - JDBC, AOP, Data JPA with hands-on step by step approach.

You will get introduced to Spring Boot, Unit Testing with JUnit and Mockito, talking to the database with Spring JDBC and JPA, Maven (dependencies management), Eclipse (IDE) and Tomcat Embedded Web Server. We will help you set up each one of these.

You will learn about Spring step by step - in more than 100 steps. This course would be a perfect first step as an introduction to Spring.

You will learn about

  • Basics of Spring Framework - Dependency Injection, IOC Container, Application Context and Bean Factory.

  • Spring Annotations - @Autowired, @Component, @Service, @Repository, @Configuration, @Primary....

  • Spring MVC in depth - DispatcherServlet , Model, Controllers and ViewResolver

  • Spring Boot Starters - Spring Boot Starter Web, Starter Data Jpa, Starter Test

  • Basics of Spring Boot, Spring AOP, Spring JDBC and JPA

  • Basics of Eclipse, Maven, JUnit and Mockito

  • Basic concept of a Web application step by step using JSP Servlets and Spring MVC

  • Unit testing with JUnit and Mockito using XML and Java Spring Application Contexts


COURSE HIGHLIGHTS:


Level 1 : Spring Framework in 10 Steps

  1. Step 1 - Setting up a Spring Project

  2. Step 2 - Understanding Tight Coupling using the Binary Search Algorithm Example

  3. Step 3 - Making the Binary Search Algorithm Example Loosely Coupled

  4. Step 4 - Using Spring to Manage Dependencies - @Component, @Autowired

  5. Step 5 - What is happening in the background?

  6. Step 6 - Dynamic auto wiring and Troubleshooting - @Primary

  7. Step 7 - Constructor and Setter Injection

  8. Step 8 - Spring Modules

  9. Step 9 - Spring Projects

  10. Step 10 - Why is Spring Popular?

Level 2 : Spring in Depth

  1. Step 11 - Dependency Injection - A few more examples

  2. Step 12 - Autowiring in Depth - by Name and @Primary

  3. Step 13 - Autowiring in Depth - @Qualifier annotation

  4. Step 14 - Scope of a Bean - Prototype and Singleton

  5. Step 15 - Complex scenarios with Scope of a Spring Bean - Mix of Prototype and Singleton

  6. Step 15B - Difference Between Spring Singleton and GOF Singleton

  7. Step 16 - Using Component Scan to scan for beans

  8. Step 17 - Lifecycle of a Bean - @PostConstruct and @PreDestroy

  9. Step 18 - Container and Dependency Injection (CDI) - @Named, @Inject

  10. Step 19 - Removing Spring Boot in Basic Application

  11. Step 20 - Fixing minor stuff - Add Logback and Close Application Context

  12. Step 21 - Defining Spring Application Context using XML - Part 1

  13. Step 22 - Defining Spring Application Context using XML - Part 2

  14. Step 23 - Mixing XML Context with Component Scan for Beans defined with Annotations

  15. Step 24 - IOC Container vs Application Context vs Bean Factory

  16. Step 25 - @Component vs @Service vs @Repository vs @Controller

  17. Step 26 - Read values from external properties file

Level 3 has 3 steps on Unit Tests with Java and XML Contexts

Level 4 : Spring Boot in 10 Steps

  1. Step 1 : Introduction to Spring Boot - Goals and Important Features

  2. Step 2 : Developing Spring Applications before Spring Boot

  3. Step 3 : Using Spring Initializr to create a Spring Boot Application

  4. Step 4 : Creating a Simple REST Controller

  5. Step 5 : What is Spring Boot Auto Configuration?

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Instructor Details

in28Minutes Official

Ranga Karanam, the founder of in28minutes, has 2 decades of experience with technology - architecture, design, and programming.  We are helping learners take their first steps into modern cloud native technology and gain expertise on AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Docker, Kubernetes amongst others.

Our happiest moments are when learners tag us on LinkedIn or reach out to us with their stories of getting their first job, getting a promotion, or a big raise.

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Ranga is multi-cloud certified -  Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect, Google Cloud Certified Associate Cloud Engineer, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner,  Azure Fundamentals Certified AZ-900, DP-900 and AI-900.

Our courses are focused on Cloud Certifications (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform - GCP), DevOps, Full Stack (  React, Angular ), Serverless, Programming, and Microservice Development with Java and Spring Boot.

Our Top Courses include:

1) Master Microservices with Spring Boot and Spring Cloud

2) Java Programming for Complete Beginners

3) Google Cloud Certification - Associate Cloud Engineer - 2021

4) DevOps For Beginners - Docker, Kubernetes, and Azure DevOps

5) Spring Framework Master Class - Java Spring the Modern Way

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Reviews

4.5

29,267 ratings on Udemy

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By Anonymized User on 7/1/2023

The version of spring boot and eclipse does not stay consistent across different sections of the course which causes a lot of confusion as to which version should the learner choose. Also, as a person having knowledge of core java, I was still not able to comprehend all of the spring concepts that are taught. My obvious thought halfway through the course was that how would an individual with no prior knowledge of spring be able to retain so many annotations and configurations that are taught in this course.

By Ch Venkata Bhargav on 8/15/2022

For beginner like me with little bit of java knowledge will be able to catch the content but it would be very difficult if the learner has no absoult knowledge on java. Tutor Ranga has very wide exposure on the concepts & he gives idea about current methods and methods used in past(old versions). Explanation is fast but thankful to udemy with audio control settings. Overall my experience is good till now. Still long way to go to complete the course. Hopefully this helps in understanding my knowledge on springBoot and spring. Thank you Ranga for making this course available for beginners like.

By Anonymized User on 3/18/2021

Good course to gain knowledge on Spring framework. One thing I would like to mention is , Definition of some terminology is not clear and you can try to add some architecture representation slides as well it will help us understand the theory concept well and it would very much helpful when we do the actual implementations of it because Every time I have to go to google to see the clear definition of each topic and then only I can able to continue this course. its my personal opinion and Thank you for this great course.

By Ecmp on 10/14/2020

Great course! I liked the way Ranga used a concrete example of Loose Coupling to first explain what Dependency Injection means in order to show what Spring is doing under the covers. I'm happy that he explained XML configuration for those of us who need to maintain legacy applications. I also appreciated how Ranga told us the Eclipse shortcuts he was using as he was using them.

By Usama Iqbal on 3/11/2020

its one of best course to take a Jump start into the world of spring framework. The instructor go deep dive into the concepts that a beginner need to know about the framework. One of of the best part of this course is that you will get to know about the basis structure of Web application like working of servlets, Jsp, Spring MVC and allot more. Highly recommended for Beginners....!

By Sandeep Kumar Neela on 1/5/2020

This is an excellent course . Been working in Industry over a decade but learned many things from this course . Understood many missing links in my understanding. Would like to purchase many more courses from in28minutes. I would say this is the first and one stop search for your Learning. We can learn many things in youtube but the logical connection and next steps ,direction and focus can only be achieved in a dedicated course like this. @Ranga Karanam :Sir an awesome work and I would treat it as a great contribution to the world of learning . Kudos !!!!!

By Pramod Rawate on 10/12/2019

Upto now an good experience overall. Great examples, proper explanation. Covered almost every point in detail except spring mvc was not in detail. Provided intro to advanced concepts also which i like a lot. The only half start out of the 1 star deducted is because:- 1. Spring MVC covered very less content i guess. 2. Sometimes while coding examples the package explorer takes almost 30 to 40% of the screen which i think is bit irritating. Instead of looking at Editor screen looks like half the screen is covered by package explorer. But apart from this not so important things the course is really worthy. Great content and explained and coded with proper examples and explanation. Thanks a lot.

By Aniket on 6/10/2019

Definitely a good course for beginners. Also for poor engineers who are forced to learn on the job and never get time to learn the technologies in holistic way. Important thing is that most f the times instructor tries to answer WHY we have certain feature in the language or platform. Technologies like spring are very powerful and provide you more than one ways to achieve same things... So when you would venture to other content available on internet - you might find things missing from this course. So dont be solely dependent on this course... but you can definitely begin here.

By Firoz Faruqui on 1/4/2018

Ranga K. explained very well on all the Spring topics. Please provide his email address I need to connect with him, as need his suggestion and wanted to ask as from where to start to get a job ASAP in Data Science/Artificial Intelligence. Or else please conway my message to him. Please let me know if he has any course available on Data Science/Artificial Intelligence.

By Rodolfo Valderrey on 9/21/2017

The instructor is very knowledgeable, and what makes this course a winner is the scope of each example along with its explanation. The lectures are short, and enough to introduce and understand the topic to make it functional. It really helps that it is hands-on, and I had no trouble or errors running any of the code. You learn the essentials to work with Spring, but also guides you through Eclipse and shortcuts which are very useful. The pace and length of the lectures are perfect! Extremely well done! This knowledge would have taken me a lot longer to learn were it not for this course, Thank you Ranga!

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