Introduction to Spring Framework

• Overview of the Spring Framework and its features
• Understanding the benefits of using Spring in Java applications
• Introduction to Dependency Injection (DI) and Inversion of Control (IoC) concepts

Configuring Spring Applications

• XML-based configuration using Spring’s application context
• Annotation-based configuration with the @Configuration and @Component annotations
• Java-based configuration using the @Bean annotation and Java configuration classes

Dependency Injection (DI) and Inversion of Control (IoC)

• Understanding the principles and advantages of DI and IoC
• Configuring and injecting dependencies using XML, annotations, and Java configuration
• Working with different types of dependencies (primitives, objects, collections)

Spring Bean Lifecycle and Scope

• Understanding the lifecycle of Spring beans
• Understanding and configuring bean scope (singleton, prototype, request, session, etc.)
• Using bean initialization and destruction callbacks

Spring AOP (Aspect-Oriented Programming)

• Introduction to AOP and its role in Spring
• Configuring and using aspects, pointcuts, and advice
• Applying cross-cutting concerns such as logging, caching, and transaction management

Spring MVC (Model-View-Controller)

• Building web applications with Spring MVC
• Understanding the MVC pattern and request processing flow
• Handling requests, mapping URLs, and managing views

Spring Data Access and JDBC

• Introduction to Spring JDBC and its features
• Performing database operations using Spring’s JDBC Template
• Configuring and using data sources and connection pools

Spring ORM and Persistence with Hibernate or JPA

• Integrating Spring with ORM frameworks like Hibernate or JPA
• Configuring entity managers, transactions, and session factories
• Performing CRUD operations and querying data using ORM

Spring Transactions and Declarative Transaction Management

• Managing transactions in Spring applications
• Understanding declarative transaction management with annotations or XML
• Configuring transaction propagation, isolation levels, and rollback rules

Spring Security

• Introduction to Spring Security and its features
• Securing Spring applications with authentication and authorization
• Configuring security rules, roles, and access control

Spring RESTful Web Services

• Building RESTful web services using Spring MVC
• Implementing request mapping, content negotiation, and response handling
• Serializing and deserializing data with JSON or XML

Spring Integration and Messaging

• Introduction to Spring Integration and its role in enterprise applications
• Building message-driven architectures with Spring messaging components
• Configuring message channels, endpoints, and transformers

Spring Testing and Unit Testing

• Writing unit tests for Spring applications
• Using Spring’s testing annotations and utilities
• Mocking dependencies and verifying behavior

Spring Boot

• Introduction to Spring Boot and its features
• Creating standalone Spring applications with minimal configuration
• Auto-configuration, externalized configuration, and production-ready features

Spring Cloud and Microservices

• Overview of Spring Cloud and its role in building microservices
• Configuring service discovery, load balancing, and circuit breaking with Spring Cloud components
• Implementing distributed systems using Spring Cloud

Spring Best Practices and Design Patterns

• Applying best practices for Spring application development
• Implementing design patterns and architectural principles
• Writing clean, maintainable, and scalable Spring code