Backend Development with Java Track - Online Learning with Certificate

Backend Development with Java

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A comprehensive beginner track to mastering backend development using Java, Spring Boot, SQL, and related technologies. Learn the fundamentals of data…

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What you will learn

Understand relational databases and integrate SQL with Java applications

Design and implement RESTful APIs in Spring Boot

Explore advanced features of Spring including AOP and internal mechanisms

Write advanced SQL queries, optimize performance, and manage transactions

Implement caching in Spring Boot applications using Redis

Set up and develop web applications using Spring Boot

Apply concurrency principles in Java for backend development

Learning track content

What is Backend Development?

Why Java for Backend?

Overview of Technologies

Retrieving Individual Columns

Retrieving Multiple Columns

Retrieving All Columns

Retrieving Distinct Rows

Limiting Results

Challenge: Find the Population of the Countries

Challenge: Find All Countries

Challenge: Find All Countries With Their IDs

Challenge: Find the Regions in Which All Countries Are Located

Sorting Data

Challenge: Population Sort

Sorting by Multiple Columns

Challenge: Dual-Sort Query

Specifying Sort Direction

Challenge: Sort the Countries by Region and Capital

Challenge: Sort Capitals in Descending Order

Challenge: Sort Countries in Ascending Order

Challenge: Find Countries, Their IDs, and Their Populations

Challenge: Find Countries, IDs, Populations, Regions, and Sort Them

Using the WHERE Clause

Challenge: North America Population Sort

The WHERE Clause Operators

Challenge: Population Threshold Query

Checking for a Range of Values

Checking for NO Value

Using the AND Operator

Challenge: Europe Region Sort

Using the OR operator

Challenge: America Regions Filter

Using the NOT Operator

Challenge: Non-Europe Capitals Sort

The AVG() Function

Challenge: Surface Area Selection

The COUNT() Function

Challenge: Continental Count

The MAX() Function

The MIN() Function

Challenge: Large Surface Area Average

The SUM() Function

Introduction to Backend

How HTTP Works

HTTP/HTTPS

Status Code

Data formats: JSON and XML

Introduction to Spring

Project structure

Spring MVC

IoC and DI

Three-Level Architecture

Spring Task

What is REST?

Basic Principles of REST

Writing Your Own REST API

Introduction to Relational Databases

Connecting a MySQL Database

Database Migrations

Database Access in Spring Boot

Working with ORM: JPA and Hibernate

Add the Database to Our Application

Transactions

Fundamentals of Testing Backend Applications

Modular Testing With JUnit

Mockito

Challenge: Unit Testing

The Motivation for AOP in Spring

Key AOP Terminology and Concepts

Spring AOP Architecture Overview

Types of Advice and Their Execution Flow

Proxy Creation in Spring AOP

Weaving Advice at Runtime

Join Point Resolution and Method Interception

Limitations and Proxy Pitfalls

Custom Pointcuts and Annotations

Advice Ordering and Precedence

Aspect Lifecycle and Bean Scopes

Debugging and Tracing AOP Execution

What is Redis?

Uses of Redis

Installing Redis on Windows

Installing Redis on MacOS

Connecting to and Starting Redis

SET Command

GET Command

EXISTS Command

Challenge: Basic Commands

INCR and DECR Commands

Challenge: INCR and DECR

Data Deletion

String

List

Challenge: Task Management System

Set

Challenge: Managing User Interests

Sorted Set

Hash Table

Challenge: Managing User Profiles

Managing Key Expiration

Introduction to Caching

Integration with Spring Boot

Annotations for Working with Cache

Practical Use of Hashes

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