Java Microservices with Spring Cloud: Developing Services

By Richard Seroter
Deliver software faster than ever. This course will teach you core Java microservices patterns including centralized configuration, asynchronous tasks, service authorization, and request tracing.
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(238)
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Nov 9, 2016
Duration
4h 41m
Table of contents
Course Overview
Course Overview 2m
Introduction to Microservices, Spring Boot, and Spring Cloud
Introduction 2m What Are Microservices and Why Are They Popular? 3m Core Characteristics of Microservices 9m What is Spring Cloud? 4m What Is Spring Boot? 3m DEMO: Building a Spring Boot App 10m Core Application and Prerequisites for This Course 7m Summary 3m
Simplifying Environment Management with Centralized Configuration
Introduction 1m The Role of Configuration in Microservices 2m Problems with the Status Quo 2m Creating a Config Server 8m DEMO: Creating a Config Server for Local Files 6m Working with Config Server URIs 5m DEMO: Creating a Config Server for GitHub Files 13m Consuming Configurations from Spring Boot Apps 2m DEMO: Consuming Configurations from a Spring Boot App 10m Applying Access Security to Configurations 2m DEMO: Applying Access Security to Configurations 6m Encrypting and Decrypting Configurations 3m DEMO: Encrypting and Decrypting Configurations 10m Advanced Settings and Property Refresh 2m DEMO: Refreshing Configurations 5m Summary 2m
Offloading Asynchronous Activities with Lightweight, Short-lived Tasks
Introduction 1m The Role of Asynchronous Processing in Microservices 2m Problems with the Status Quo 2m What Exactly Is 'Serverless' Computing? 2m What Is Spring Cloud Task, and Integration With Spring Projects 1m Creating Tasks 3m DEMO: Creating Tasks 6m Storing Task Execution History 2m DEMO: Storing Task Execution History 6m Options for Invoking Tasks 3m DEMO: Invoking a Task Through via HTTP and Spring Cloud Stream 18m Summary 2m
Securing Your Microservices with a Declarative Model
Introduction 1m The Role of Security in Microservices 1m Problems with the Status Quo 2m What Is Spring Cloud Config, and OAuth 2.0? 7m How Spring Supports OAuth 2.0 2m The Abstract OAuth Flow 2m OAuth 2.0 Grant Type: Authorization Code 1m DEMO: Authorization Code Grant Type 9m Creating a Resource Server and Routing Tokens to Services 2m DEMO: Creating a Resource Server and Routing Tokens to Services 13m OAuth 2.0 Grant Type: Resource Owner Password Credentials 2m Creating a Custom Authorization Server 1m DEMO: Creating an Authorization Server Used by a Resource Server 14m OAuth 2.0 Grant Type: Client Credentials 1m Adding Method Access Rules 1m DEMO: Adding Method Access Rules 7m Advanced Token Options 3m Summary 2m
Chasing Down Performance Issues Using Distributed Tracing
Introduction 1m The Role of Tracing in Microservices 2m Problems with the Status Quo 2m What Is Spring Cloud Sleuth? 2m Anatomy of a Trace 3m What Is Instrumented, and How to Add Sleuth to a Project 1m DEMO: Adding Spring Cloud Sleuth to a Project 6m Visualizing Latency with Zipkin 3m DEMO: Building and Using a Zipkin Server 6m Visualizing and Querying Traces in Zipkin 1m DEMO: Visualizing and Querying Traces in Zipkin 4m Working with Sampling Rates 1m DEMO: Building a Custom Sampler 2m Manually Creating Spans 2m DEMO: Manually Creating Spans 4m Summary 2m
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Level
Intermediate
Updated
Nov 9, 2016
Duration
4h 41m
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Description

Developers around the world are delivering software faster thanks to a microservices architecture. In this course, Java Microservices with Spring Cloud: Developing Services, you will learn the skills needed to build Java microservices.

First, you'll get an introduction to Microservices, Spring Boot, and Spring Cloud.
Next, you'll explore offloading asynchronous activities with lightweight, short-lived tasks.
Finally, you'll wrap up the course learning how to chase down performance issues using distributed tracing.

When you're finished with this course, you'll have a foundational knowledge of key microservices patterns and be able to use your experience to build better Java microservices.

Course FAQ
Course FAQ
What are Java microservices?

Microservices are a service-oriented architecture style used by Java developers for building applications as an accumulation of several smaller services instead of one whole app.

What is Spring Cloud?

Spring Cloud is a microservices architecture framework for building cloud applications. It supplies developers with tools to build common patterns in distributed systems.

What will I learn in this course?

In this course you will learn about:

  • What Microservices are and why they're popular
  • What Spring Cloud and Spring Boot are
  • Centralized configuration
  • Asynchronous processing
  • Security through a Declarative model
  • Finding performance issues through distributed tracing
  • Much more
Who is this course for?

This course is for anyone who wants to learn Java microservices with Spring Cloud. It is for those who want to deliver software faster through a microservices architecture.

What are the prerequisites for this course?

Before taking this course you will want to be familiar with Java, Spring, and general web service development. No prior Microservices experience is required.

About the author
Richard Seroter
About the author

Richard Seroter is a Director of Outbound Product Management at Google Cloud, with a master’s degree in Engineering from the University of Colorado. He’s also an instructor at Pluralsight, lead InfoQ.com editor for cloud computing, frequent public speaker, author of multiple books on software design and development, and former 12-time Microsoft MVP for cloud. Richard maintains a regularly updated blog on topics of architecture and solution design and can be found on Twitter as @rseroter.

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Duration
4h 41m
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