Spring in Action review

Summary

Spring in Action, 5th Edition is the fully updated revision of Manning's bestselling Spring in Action. This new edition includes all Spring 5.0 updates, along with new examples on reactive programming, Spring WebFlux, and microservices. You'll also find the latest Spring best practices, including Spring Boot for application setup and configuration.

Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.

About the Technology

Spring Framework makes life easier for Java developers. New features in Spring 5 bring its productivity-focused approach to microservices, reactive development, and other modern application designs. With Spring Boot now fully integrated, you can start even complex projects with minimal configuration code. And the upgraded WebFlux framework supports reactive apps right out of the box!

About the Book

Spring in Action, 5th Edition guides you through Spring's core features, explained in Craig Walls' famously clear style. You'll roll up your sleeves and build a secure database-backed web app step by step. Along the way, you'll explore reactive programming, microservices, service discovery, RESTful APIs, deployment, and expert best practices. Whether you're just discovering Spring or leveling up to Spring 5.0, this Manning classic is your ticket!

What's inside

• Building reactive applications
• Spring MVC for web apps and RESTful web services
• Securing applications with Spring Security
• Covers Spring 5.0
• Over 100,000 copies sold!

About the Reader

For intermediate Java developers.

About the Author

Craig Walls is a principal software engineer at Pivotal, a popular author, an enthusiastic supporter of Spring Framework, and a frequent conference speaker.

Table of Contents

1. PART 1 - FOUNDATIONAL SPRING

2. Getting started with Spring
3. Developing web applications
4. Working with data
5. Securing Spring
6. Working with configuration properties

   PART 2 - INTEGRATED SPRING

7. Creating REST services
8. Consuming REST services
9. Sending messages asynchronously
10. Integrating Spring

    PART 3 - REACTIVE SPRING

11. Introducing Reactor
12. Developing reactive APIs
13. Persisting data reactively

    PART 4

    CLOUD-NATIVE SPRING
14. Discovering services
15. Managing configuration
16. Handling failure and latency

    PART 5 - DEPLOYED SPRING

17. Working with Spring Boot Actuator
18. Administering Spring
19. Monitoring Spring with JMX
20. Deploying Spring