Will I earn university credit for completing the Specialization?

This course series is designed to help developers utilize Spring in Java applications, and does not provide university credits.

Is this course really 100% online? Do I need to attend any classes in person?

This course is completely online, so there’s no need to show up to a classroom in person. You can access your lectures, readings and assignments anytime and anywhere via the web or your mobile device.

Can I just enroll in a single course?

Yes! To get started, click the course card that interests you and enroll. You can enroll and complete the course to earn a shareable certificate. When you subscribe to a course that is part of a Specialization, you’re automatically subscribed to the full Specialization. Visit your learner dashboard to track your progress.

Is financial aid available?

Yes. In select learning programs, you can apply for financial aid or a scholarship if you can’t afford the enrollment fee. If fin aid or scholarship is available for your learning program selection, you’ll find a link to apply on the description page.

Can I take the course for free?

No, you cannot take this course for free. When you enroll in the course, you get access to all of the courses in the Specialization, and you earn a certificate when you complete the work. If you cannot afford the fee, you can apply for financial aid.

Spring Framework Specialization

Master Spring Frameworks Configurations Techniques. Discover how Java interacts with databases in the Spring framework, and develop Java based Web Applications.

Instructor: Derek Parsons

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What you'll learn

This Specialization explains high level patterns used in Microservice architectures and the motivation to move towards these architectures and away from monolithic development of applications. Students will learn how Java interacts with databases in a modern framework, using the very popular Spring Boot Framework, with Microservices. Students wishing to develop Java based Web Applications and Restful Micro Services will be using the very popular Spring MVC and Spring Boot frameworks with minimal configuration.

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Spring - Ecosystem and Core

Course 111 hours3.8 (450 ratings)View course

What you'll learn

In this course students will learn the why the Spring Framework is one of the dominant Java development Frameworks. the course covers a variety of techniques for Java Object Dependency Injection using various forms of configuration data i.e. XML, Annotations and Java Configuration Classes with Factory Methods. Configurations will be enhanced with Expression Languages and Conditional Beans that are available based off certain conditions like development environment i.e. test and production. Students will build an extensive application iteratively in a succession of hands on labs.

Skills you'll gain

Spring Framework, JUnit, Java, Dependency Analysis, Extensible Markup Language (XML), Integration Testing, Unit Testing, Enterprise Application Management, and Application Frameworks

Spring MVC, Spring Boot and Rest Controllers

Course 211 hours4.1 (219 ratings)View course

What you'll learn

This is a course aimed at students wishing to develop Java based Web Applications and Restful Micro Services using the very popular Spring MVC and Spring Boot frameworks with minimal configuration. The student will develop services through various Url templates, consume and respond with json or XML payloads and create custom HTTP headers. Requestors of these services will include Java and Angular JS clients to illustrate the reuse capabilities of services in a distributed architecture. Traditional web applications will also be covered that render web pages in a typical Model View Controller (MVC) architecture. This is a very hands on course with a series of labs to illustrate the key concepts.

Skills you'll gain

Spring Boot, Model View Controller, Restful API, Spring Framework, JSON, Extensible Markup Language (XML), Configuration Management, Angular, YAML, Software Architecture, Java, Web Applications, Web Services, Application Frameworks, and Java Programming

Spring Data Repositories

Course 39 hours3.9 (47 ratings)View course

What you'll learn

This course is aimed at students wishing to learn how Java interacts with databases in a modern framework. The course uses the very popular Spring Boot Framework, with Micro services, as a setting for our database interactions using Java Persistence Framework (JPA) and Spring Data Repositories to abstract away JPA. Students will then learn how to expose Repositories as Rest Web services in their own right using Hypermedia as the Engine of Application State or HATEAOS concepts. Spring Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP) will be covered to illustrate how cross cutting concerns like logging can be applied in a centralized non evasive manner to domain classes. finally the course covers the use of Spring Transaction Managers and Springs declarative configuration Transaction model.

Skills you'll gain

Transaction Processing, Object-Relational Mapping, Spring Framework, Hibernate (Java), Restful API, Java, Data Access, Middleware, Web Services, and Databases

Spring - Cloud Overview

Course 49 hours4.3 (71 ratings)View course

What you'll learn

This course explains some high level patterns used in Microservice architectures and the motivation to move towards these architectures and away from monolithic development of applications. . It then goes on to implement these patterns using Spring Cloud, Netflix OSS one of the most popular Cloud implementations of Microservices used today. Students will learn about Service Registration, Service Discovery, Client Side Load Balancing, Circuit Breakers, and Gateway or Edge Services in a Spring Boot Setting. It will leverage Spring Cloud and Netflix OSS, Labs will specifically target the projects Eureka, Ribbon, Hystrix, Feign and Zuul.

Skills you'll gain

Microservices, Load Balancing, Cloud Services, Web Services, Software Architecture, Software Design Patterns, Service Oriented Architecture, Restful API, API Gateway, Spring Framework, Scalability, Spring Boot, Cloud Computing Architecture, and Systems Architecture

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LearnQuest Java Specialization, Java Programming Experience

Spring - Ecosystem and Core

Spring MVC, Spring Boot and Rest Controllers

Spring Data Repositories

Spring - Cloud Overview

This Specialization will take the student through a comprehensive journey of developing applications using the Spring Framework and Spring Boot. The suit of courses start with the Spring basics of dependency injection, then moves onto developing a Restful Microservics, interacting with databases via Spring Data, and Aspect Oriented Programming for application concerns such as Transaction Management. The final course in this Specialization takes Microservices into the Cloud where the student will learn the key concepts of Service Discovery and Load Balancing."

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