From localhost to the real internet. Learn to deploy your Spring Boot API to a VPS, configure Apache as a reverse proxy, manage .htaccess for routing, set up SSL with Let's Encrypt, and keep your app running with systemd. The deployment journey nobody warns you about.
From localhost to production. Error handling, logging, environment configs, API documentation, health checks, and the lessons learned from deploying my first Spring Boot API. Everything I wish I knew before going live.
From 'anyone can delete anything' to proper security. Learn to implement JWT authentication in Spring Boot with Spring Security, protect your endpoints, handle login/logout, and make your React app work with tokens.
Goodbye in-memory ArrayList, hello real database. Learn to connect Spring Boot to MySQL using MyBatis, write SQL mappers, handle transactions, and stop losing data every time you restart the server.
From Hello World to a full CRUD API. Learn to handle POST, PUT, DELETE requests, parse JSON bodies, validate input, and structure your Spring Boot application with controllers, services, and repositories. A practical guide for frontend developers.
A frontend developer's journey into backend development with Java and Spring Boot. From npm install to Maven dependencies, from JavaScript objects to Java classes. How I built my first REST API to power my React projects.