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Java Backend

Learn Spring Boot, then SQL, then put the two together by building a REST API.

Stage 1
Spring Boot
A prolific framework for building production-ready applications and microservices. Learn it and you’ll be ready for real enterprise Java software.
Learn Spring Boot
Use both to complement each other.
Video
One long video
Watch it start to finish
Spring Boot
link
Docs
Spring docs
Start with the quick start
Quick start
link
All guides
link
Documentation
link
Stage 2
SQL
Learn SQL before moving on to the REST API tutorial. It’s better to understand the basics of the database before trying to integrate it into a backend project.
Set up MySQL
Follow the video to set up MySQL Community Server and the MySQL Workbench client on Mac or Windows. For both tutorials, download and load the sample database so you can write queries against the same data yourself.
Learn SQL
Use both to complement each other.
Video
One long video
Watch it start to finish
SQL with MySQL
link
Reading
MySQL Tutorial
Work through the tutorial
MySQL Tutorial
link
Stage 3
Build a REST API
This is where the rubber hits the road. Use Java Spring Boot to build a web application. If you follow the video, code along: building a project, even a guided one, is the best way to learn.
Build it
Pick one, depending on whether you learn best by watching or by reading.
Video
Code along
Build it with the video
Spring Boot REST API
link
Reading
Spring REST tutorial
Build it from the guide
Building REST services with Spring
link

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Java Backend

Watch it start to finish

Start with the quick start

Watch it start to finish

Work through the tutorial

Build it with the video

Build it from the guide