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Java EE 8 Development with Eclipse - Third Edition

By : Ram Kulkarni
Book Image

Java EE 8 Development with Eclipse - Third Edition

By: Ram Kulkarni

Overview of this book

Java EE is one of the most popular tools for enterprise application design and development. With recent changes to Java EE 8 specifications, Java EE application development has become a lot simpler with the new specifications, some of which compete with the existing specifications. This guide provides a complete overview of developing highly performant, robust and secure enterprise applications with Java EE with Eclipse. The book begins by exploring different Java EE technologies and how to use them (JSP, JSF, JPA, JDBC, EJB, and more), along with suitable technologies for different scenarios. You will learn how to set up the development environment for Java EE applications and understand Java EE specifications in detail, with an emphasis on examples. The book takes you through deployment of an application in Tomcat, GlassFish Servers, and also in the cloud. It goes beyond the basics and covers topics like debugging, testing, deployment, and securing your Java EE applications. You'll also get to know techniques to develop cloud-ready microservices in Java EE.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Dedication
Packt Upsell
Free Chapter
1
Introducing JEE and Eclipse
Index

Implementing microservices using Spring Boot


A microservice can be implemented in many ways; in the previous section, we saw one way to implement it, using WildFly Swarm, which is a MicroProfile implementation. In this section, we will see how to implement a microservice using Spring Boot, which is not a MicroProfile implementation but is a popular framework.

Spring Boot (https://spring.io/projects/spring-boot/) is a framework to create standalone Spring applications. Refer to Chapter 8Creating Web Applications with Spring MVC, for more information on Spring and specific information on the Spring MVC framework. Similar to the WildFly Swarm Project Generator, Spring Boot also has a web page for creating a starter application for Spring Boot, where you can select the features/specifications of JEE that you want to be included in the application. Go to https://start.spring.io/:

Figure 12.6: Spring Boot project generator

Select theWeb, JPA, and Jersey(JAX-RS) dependencies. Download the starter...