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Spring Boot 2.0 Projects

By : Mohamed Shazin Sadakath
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Spring Boot 2.0 Projects

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By: Mohamed Shazin Sadakath

Overview of this book

Spring Boot is a lightweight framework that provides a set of tools to create production-grade applications and services. Spring Boot 2.0 Projects is a comprehensive project-based guide for those who are new to Spring, that will get you up to speed with building real-world projects. Complete with clear step-by-step instructions, these easy-to-follow tutorials demonstrate best practices and key insights into building efficient applications with Spring Boot. The book starts off by teaching you how to develop a web application using Spring Boot, followed by giving you an understanding of creating a Spring Boot-based simple blog management system that uses Elasticsearch as the data store. Next, you’ll build a RESTful web services application using Kotlin and the Spring WebFlux framework - a new framework that enables you to create reactive applications in a functional way. Toward the last few chapters, you will build a taxi-hailing API with reactive microservices using Spring Boot, in addition to developing a Twitter clone with the help of a Spring Boot backend. To build on your knowledge further, you’ll also learn how to construct an asynchronous email formatter. By the end of this book, you’ll have a firm foundation in Spring programming and understand how to build powerful, engaging applications in Java using the Spring Boot framework.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)

Getting started with Kotlin

Kotlin is an up-and-coming programming language that is very versatile and can be used to develop applications in platforms such as server-side, Android, JavaScript, and native. The main features of the Kotlin programming language are as follows:

  • Concise syntax: Kotlin eliminates a lot of boilerplate code and sticks to the core concepts and functionality
  • Safe coding and runtime: Kotlin makes sure errors are minimized during coding and while running the application
  • Interoperability: Kotlin code can make use of existing libraries for JVM (ArrayList), JavaScript (document), and many more
  • Developer friendliness: Kotlin is supported in a wide array of integrated development environments (IDE) and command line tools to keep the learning curve gradual

The following sections will cover these features, showcasing each with practical examples to enable easy...