Spring Boot Tutorial for Beginners - Crash Course using Spring Boot 3

Welcome to this comprehensive Spring Boot Crash Course! Whether you're new to Spring or looking to sharpen your skills, this video will give you the foundational knowledge to hit the ground running with Spring Boot and the Spring Framework.

In this tutorial, we'll take you on a journey from core concepts to building and deploying a fully functional REST API. Here's what you'll learn:

• Understanding key Spring concepts:
- Beans and Application Context
- Inversion of Control (IoC)
- Dependency Injection (DI)
- Spring MVC architecture

• Building a Spring Boot application from scratch
• Utilizing popular Spring ecosystem projects:
- Spring MVC for web development
- Spring Data for database integration

• Creating a REST API with Spring Boot
• Preparing your application for production deployment

Key takeaways:
• Master the fundamental concepts of the Spring Framework
• Gain hands-on experience building a Spring Boot application
• Learn how to create and structure a REST API
• Understand the process of deploying a Spring Boot app to production

By the end of this crash course, you'll have the skills and knowledge to create your own Spring Boot applications and REST APIs, setting you on the path to becoming a proficient Spring developer.

So, grab your favorite drink, get comfortable, and let's dive into the world of Spring Boot development together!

00:00:00 Introduction and Overview
00:05:30 Prerequisites and Setup
00:12:15 Spring Framework and Spring Boot Explained
00:20:45 Creating a New Spring Boot Project
00:30:00 Spring Core Concepts (IoC, Beans, etc)
00:45:30 Building a REST API with Spring MVC
01:10:00 Working with Databases in Spring Boot
01:40:00 Spring Data JPA and Repositories
02:10:00 Configuration and Profiles
02:35:00 Production-Ready Features (Actuator)
02:55:00 Preparing for Production Deployment
03:15:00 Deploying to Production (Railway)
03:35:00 Wrap Up and Next Steps

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[meletiskorres]

Youtube is doing you and everyone a disservice by not having your channel be the first thing when I search for anything relating to spring boot. Please keep posting videos like these. Would be nice if you did a intermediate and advanced course on building complex applications. Thanks again for the great content

[timothymcgrath]

Thanks! Really enjoying the Spring Boot 3 crash course

[Alex-bcxe]

I can sense immediately who is a great teacher and who's not, and this man is awesome.

[AllenThomasVarghese]

For someone getting back to Java after couple of years, this has been an excellent overview of what is current and to be equipped to start writing Java Microservice!!!

[DannyONealCodes]

Dan Vega has the best Spring Boot videos on YouTube, hands down. Other contributors leave me with questions that Dan answers right away.

[carolineliu]

I've been working with Spring Boot for many years. You've put together a very detailed yet succinct tutorial here. Thanks!

[parthokr]

After dabbling through a bunch of starter videos I find this just a perfect spot to start my spring boot journey.
Thanks, Dan.

[ngenge_senior]

This is by far one of the best Springboot tutorials for beginners that I have encountered

[unda]

You are a genius in teaching, after I have been learning Java for nearly 3 months I can build something and understand a lost how this server works and how strong the JAVA environment is

[ceciliugh]

By far the best crash course I've seen for springboot.
Dan, this video is insane. As a student, you've answered questions that other youtubers and even professors don't take a second to even explain, thus making understanding vital concepts so much easier so thank you for that.

The only bone I have to pick is that the frontend part of the project wasn't included in github or explained really in the video making it a bit harder to follow along.

[francoisschoeman]

Coming from Django and Next.js, Spring and Spring Boot is very low level and very difficult to grasp the concept of, especially with the way that their documentation is laid out for Java/Spring beginners. Thank goodness I had prior C++ experience, otherwise the concepts would be too difficult to understand...

Thank you so much for all your hard work into putting these long practical videos out there, for free. It would've been harder to learn Spring without your channel! I hope you get the recognition that you deserve. You definitely earned a sub!

Decent tutorials. From now on, These will be my cornerstone before watching other tutorials. You explain answering what, how, and why questions based on the foundations. Thank you so much for sharing. God bless you!

[mehnaazmohiuddin]

Thanks!, You are such a great teacher because you are really showing the problem which we naive people do, people who only knew plain old java and you take it from there and show how springboot helps. CLAPS . You have clarity and you are giving us clarity ! Ace.

I have completed this course and sent it to production :D . super clear :) thanks thanks thanks . your stuff is gold. really

[dstuartmerrell]

I like that Dan's English is easy to follow, listen to, and understand.

[nagamohank]

Dan, a damn good talk on Spring boot with meticulously knitted content. Thanks again for the great content.

[codbasterd]

Man, this is top tier content. Your explanations are so good. You clearly explain why you're doing things a certain way, and why you like certain implementations. Really puts things in perspective about why they're useful.

[froylo]

i really admire your work, Thanks for all the effort you did. I have one question : why did you chose to work with jdbc and not jpa ?

[kukli]

I'm studying CS and got a new course about Java and Spring. Lectures were terrible and then I got into your channel. You are doing such a great job and after seeing some of your videos I really understood and loved Spring. Thank you so much for that Dan ! Greetings from Poland.

[saravanansaibaba]

Great video. I have been working on Spring Boot quite while now and found this as great refresher. Thanks Dan.

[heidiemiliaholappa]

Thanks Dan, I found this tutorial very helpful! The course was well structured and you explained everything with great clarity. Subscribed and will be looking more of your tutorials in the future. :)