Full Stack Development with Spring Boot and React: Build modern and scalable full stack applications using the power of Spring Boot and React, 3rd Edition

Length: 378 pages
Edition: 3
Language: English
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Publication Date: 2022-04-28
ISBN-10: 1801816786
ISBN-13: 9781801816786
Sales Rank: #216829 (See Top 100 Books)

Discover the secrets to creating cutting-edge, compelling full stack applications using Spring Boot and React’s rich and varied toolsets

Key Features

Utilize Spring Boot to make powerful, complex, and secure backends for your applications
Leverage React’s full arsenal of tools for building slick, high-performance frontends
Build modern, scalable full stack applications that comfortably meet the demands of your users

Book Description

Getting started with full stack development can be daunting. Even developers who are familiar with the best tools, such as Spring Boot and React, can struggle to nail the basics, let alone master the more advanced elements. If you’re one of these developers, this comprehensive guide covers everything you need!

This updated edition of the Full Stack Development with Spring Boot 2 and React book will take you from novice to proficient in this expansive domain. Taking a practical approach, this book will first walk you through the latest Spring Boot features for creating a robust backend, covering everything from setting up the environment and dependency injection to security and testing.

Once this has been covered, you’ll advance to React frontend programming. If you’ve ever wondered about custom Hooks, third-party components, and MUI, this book will demystify all that and much more. You’ll explore everything that goes into developing, testing, securing, and deploying your applications using all the latest tools from Spring Boot, React, and other cutting-edge technologies.

By the end of this book, you’ll not only have learned the theory of building modern full stack applications but also have developed valuable skills that add value in any setting.

What you will learn

Make fast and RESTful web services powered by Spring Data REST
Create and manage databases using ORM, JPA, Hibernate, and more
Explore the use of unit tests and JWTs with Spring Security
Employ React Hooks, props, states, and more to create your frontend
Discover a wide array of advanced React and third-party components
Build high-performance applications complete with CRUD functionality
Harness MUI to customize your frontend
Test, secure, and deploy your applications with high efficiency

Who this book is for

This book is for Java developers who are familiar with Spring Boot but don’t know where to start when it comes to building full stack applications. You’ll also find this book useful if you’re a frontend developer with knowledge of JavaScript basics looking to learn full stack development or a full stack developer experienced in other technology stacks looking to learn a new one.

Full Stack Development with Spring Boot and React
Third Edition
Contributors
About the author
About the reviewers
Preface
    Who this book is for
    What this book covers
    To get the most out of this book
    Download the example code files
    Code in Action
    Download the color images
    Conventions used
    Get in touch
    Share Your Thoughts
Part 1: Backend Programming with Spring Boot
Chapter 1: Setting Up the Environment and Tools – Backend
    Technical requirements
    Installing Eclipse
    Understanding Maven
    Using Spring Initializr
        Creating a project
        Running the project
        Spring Boot development tools
        Logs and problem solving
    Installing MariaDB
    Summary
    Questions
    Further reading
Chapter 2: Understanding Dependency Injection
    Technical requirements
    Introducing DI
    Using DI in Spring Boot
    Summary
    Questions
    Further reading
Chapter 3: Using JPA to Create and Access a Database
    Technical requirements
    Basics of ORM, JPA, and Hibernate
    Creating the entity classes
    Creating CRUD repositories
    Adding relationships between tables
    Setting up a MariaDB database
    Summary
    Questions
    Further reading
Chapter 4: Creating a RESTful Web Service with Spring Boot
    Technical requirements
    Basics of REST
    Creating a RESTful web service
    Using Spring Data REST
    Summary
    Questions
    Further reading
Chapter 5: Securing and Testing Your Backend
    Technical requirements
    Understanding Spring Security
    Securing your backend using a JWT
    Testing in Spring Boot
    Creating unit tests
    Summary
    Questions
    Further reading
Part 2: Frontend Programming with React
Chapter 6: Setting Up the Environment and Tools – Frontend
    Technical requirements
    Installing Node.js
    Installing VS Code
        VS Code extension
    Creating and running a React app
        Modifying a React app
    Summary
    Questions
    Further reading
Chapter 7: Getting Started with React
    Technical requirements
    How to create React components
    Useful ES6 features
        Constants and variables
        Arrow functions
        Template literals
        Classes and inheritance
    JSX and styling
    Props and state
        Props
        State
    Stateless components
    Conditional rendering
    React hooks
        useState
        useEffect
        useRef
    Custom hooks
    The Context API
    Handling lists with React
    Handling events with React
    Handling forms with React
    Summary
    Questions
    Further reading
Chapter 8: Consuming the REST API with React
    Technical requirements
    Using promises
    Using the fetch API
    Using the axios library
    Working on practical examples
    OpenWeatherMap API
    Summary
    Questions
    Further reading
Chapter 9: Useful Third-Party Components for React
    Technical requirements
    Using third-party React components
    Working with AG Grid
    Using the MUI component library
    Managing routing in React
    Summary
    Questions
    Further reading
Part 3: Full Stack Development
Chapter 10: Setting up the Frontend for Our Spring Boot RESTful Web Service
    Technical requirements
    Mocking up the UI
    Preparing the Spring Boot backend
    Creating the React project for the frontend
    Summary
    Questions
    Further reading
Chapter 11: Adding CRUD Functionalities
    Technical requirements
    Creating the list page
    The delete functionality
    The add functionality
    The edit functionality
    Other functionalities
    Summary
    Questions
    Further reading
Chapter 12: Styling the Frontend with React MUI
    Technical requirements
    Using the Button component
    Using icon components
    Using the TextField components
    Summary
    Questions
    Further reading
Chapter 13: Testing Your Frontend
    Technical requirements
    Using Jest
    Firing events in tests
    Understanding snapshot testing
    Summary
    Questions
    Further reading
Chapter 14: Securing Your Application
    Technical requirements
    Securing the backend
    Securing the frontend
    Summary
    Questions
    Further reading
Chapter 15: Deploying Your Application
    Technical requirements
    Deploying the backend
    Deploying the frontend
    Using Docker containers
    Summary
    Questions
    Further reading
Chapter 16: Best Practices
    What to learn next
        HTML
        CSS
        HTTP
        JavaScript
        A backend programming language
        Some frontend libraries and frameworks
        Databases
        Version control
        Useful tools
        Security
    Best practices
        Coding conventions
        Choosing the proper tools
        Choosing the proper technologies
        Minimizing the amount of coding
    Summary
    Questions
    Further reading
Assessments
    Chapter 1
    Chapter 2
    Chapter 3
    Chapter 4
    Chapter 5
    Chapter 6
    Chapter 7
    Chapter 8
    Chapter 9
    Chapter 10
    Chapter 11
    Chapter 12
    Chapter 13
    Chapter 14
    Chapter 15
    Chapter 16
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