Discover ways to enhance your application's functionality through hands-on learning for designing, testing, securing, deploying, and maintaining production-ready APIsKey FeaturesLearn how to design, develop, test, and deploy modern APIs in JavaExplore techniques for optimizing API performance and handling errorsSecure your APIs with industry-standard authentication and authorization techniquesGet a free PDF eBook with the purchase of the print or Kindle bookBook DescriptionThis book is a practical, in-depth guide to using Spring 6 and Spring Boot 3 for building modern, robust web APIs and services. The book leverages the author’s 20 years of industry experience to cover a wide range of topics essential for API development, including RESTful web service fundamentals, Spring concepts, and API specifications.This second edition expands on topics like security, testing, monitoring, and deploying APIs with the latest tools and frameworks, and all the code examples in the book are based on the latest LTS version, Java 17. You’ll explore asynchronous API design, security, designing user interfaces, testing APIs, and the deployment of web services. This book offers a highly contextual real-world sample app that you can use as a reference for building different types of APIs for real-world applications. This sample app will lead you through the entire API development cycle, encompassing design and specification, implementation, testing, and deployment.By the end of this book, you’ll have learned how to design, develop, test, and deploy scalable and maintainable modern APIs using Spring 6 and Spring Boot 3, which has improved support for reactive programming, along with best practices for bolstering the security and reliability of your apps and improving your app's overall functionality.What you will learnCreate enterprise-level APIs using Spring and JavaUnderstand and implement REST, gRPC, GraphQL, and asynchronous APIs for various purposesDevelop real-world web APIs and services, from design to deploymentExpand your knowledge of API specifications and implementation best practicesDesign and implement secure APIs with authorization and authenticationDevelop microservices-based solutions with workflow and orchestration enginesAcquire proficiency in designing and testing user interfaces for APIsImplement logging and tracing mechanisms in your services and APIsWho this book is forThis book is for novice Java programmers, computer science graduates, coding boot camp alumni, and newcomers to the realm of creating real-world web APIs and services. It is an invaluable resource for Java developers transitioning to web development, offering an all-encompassing introduction to web service development. If you possess knowledge of fundamental programming constructs, data structures, and algorithms in Java but lack practical web development experience, this book will serve as a bridge to cultivate the essential skills for entry into the role of a web developer.
