In this book, we will create a modern web application using Spring Boot 2.0 and React. We will start from the backend and develop a RESTful web service using Spring Boot and MariaDB. We will also secure the backend and create unit tests for it. The frontend will be developed using the React JavaScript library. Different third-party React components will be used to make the frontend more user friendly. Finally, the application will be deployed to Heroku. The book also demonstrates how to Dockerize our backend.
This book is written for:
- Frontend developers who want to learn full stack development
- Backend developers who want to learn full stack development
- Full stack developers who have used some other technologies
- Java developers who are familiar with Spring, but haven't ever built a full-stack application.
Chapter 1, Setting Up the Environment and Tools – Backend, explains how to install the software needed for backend development and how to create your first Spring Boot application.
Chapter 2, Using JPA to Create and Access a Database, introduces JPA and explains how to create and access databases with Spring Boot.
Chapter 3, Creating a RESTful Web Service with Spring Boot, shows how to create RESTful Web Services using Spring Data REST.
Chapter 4, Securing and Testing Your Backend, explains how to secure your backend using Spring Security and JWT.
Chapter 5, Setting Up the Environment and Tools – Frontend, explains how to install the software needed for frontend development.
Chapter 6, Getting Started with React, introduces the basics of the React library.
Chapter 7, Consuming the REST API with React, shows how to use REST APIs with React using the Fetch API.
Chapter 8, Useful Third-Party Components for React, demonstrates some handy components that we'll use in our frontend development.
Chapter 9, Setting Up the Frontend for Our Spring Boot RESTful Web Service, explains how to set up the React app and Spring Boot backend for frontend development.
Chapter 10, Adding CRUD Functionalities, shows how to implement CRUD functionalities to the React frontend.
Chapter 11, Styling the Frontend with React Material-UI, shows how to polish the user interface using the React Material-UI component library.
Chapter 12, Testing Your Frontend, explains the basics of React frontend testing.
Chapter 13, Securing Your Application, explains how to secure the frontend using JWT.
Chapter 14, Deploying Your Application, demonstrates how to deploy an application to Heroku and how to use Docker containers.
Chapter 15, Best Practices, explains the basic technologies that are needed to become a full stack developer and covers some basic best practices for software development.
The reader should possess the following:
- Basic knowledge of using some terminal such as PowerShell
- Basic knowledge of Java and JavaScript programming
- Basic knowledge of SQL databases
- Basic knowledge of HTML and CSS
You can download the example code files for this book from your account at www.packtpub.com. If you purchased this book elsewhere, you can visit www.packtpub.com/support and register to have the files emailed directly to you.
You can download the code files by following these steps:
- Log in or register at www.packtpub.com.
- Select the
SUPPORTtab. - Click on
Code Downloads & Errata. - Enter the name of the book in the
Searchbox and follow the onscreen instructions.
Once the file is downloaded, please make sure that you unzip or extract the folder using the latest version of:
- WinRAR/7-Zip for Windows
- Zipeg/iZip/UnRarX for Mac
- 7-Zip/PeaZip for Linux
The code bundle for the book is also hosted on GitHub at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Hands-On-Full-Stack-Development-with-Spring-Boot-2.0-and-React. In case there's an update to the code, it will be updated on the existing GitHub repository.
We also have other code bundles from our rich catalog of books and videos available at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/. Check them out!
There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.
CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "Create a new class called CarRepository in the domain package."
A block of code is set as follows:
@Entity
public class Car {
}Any command-line input or output is written as follows:
mvn clean installBold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "Activate the root package in the Eclipse Project Explorer and right-click. Select New | Package from the menu."
Feedback from our readers is always welcome.
General feedback: Email [email protected] and mention the book title in the subject of your message. If you have questions about any aspect of this book, please email us at [email protected].
Errata: Although we have taken every care to ensure the accuracy of our content, mistakes do happen. If you have found a mistake in this book, we would be grateful if you would report this to us. Please visit www.packtpub.com/submit-errata, selecting your book, clicking on the Errata Submission Form link, and entering the details.
Piracy: If you come across any illegal copies of our works in any form on the Internet, we would be grateful if you would provide us with the location address or website name. Please contact us at [email protected] with a link to the material.
If you are interested in becoming an author: If there is a topic that you have expertise in and you are interested in either writing or contributing to a book, please visit authors.packtpub.com.
Please leave a review. Once you have read and used this book, why not leave a review on the site that you purchased it from? Potential readers can then see and use your unbiased opinion to make purchase decisions, we at Packt can understand what you think about our products, and our authors can see your feedback on their book. Thank you!
For more information about Packt, please visit packtpub.com.