Microservices Using Spring Boot - Learning Roadmap
Phase 1: Fundamentals of Microservices
Understanding Microservices Architecture
- Monolithic vs. Microservices
- Advantages & challenges of Microservices
- Domain-Driven Design (DDD)
- CAP theorem & 12-factor app principles
Prerequisites
- Core Java (OOP, Collections, Streams, Concurrency)
- Spring Boot (Basics)
- REST API development with Spring Boot
Phase 2: Building Microservices with Spring Boot
Spring Boot Essentials
- Spring Boot starters & dependencies
- Spring Boot Annotations (@RestController, @Service, @Component)
- Spring Boot Properties & Configurations
Developing REST APIs
- CRUD operations using Spring Boot + JPA
- Exception Handling & Request Validation
- Logging with SLF4J & Logback
Spring Boot & Database Integration
- MySQL/PostgreSQL with Spring Data JPA
- MongoDB with Spring Data
Phase 3: Microservices Communication
Service-to-Service Communication
- REST API calls (RestTemplate, WebClient)
- Messaging with Kafka, RabbitMQ
API Gateway & Load Balancing
- Spring Cloud Gateway
- Netflix Zuul (Optional)
- Load balancing with Ribbon
Phase 4: Service Discovery & Configuration Management
Service Discovery
- Netflix Eureka
- Kubernetes Service Discovery
Centralized Configuration
- Spring Cloud Config Server
- Consul
Phase 5: Security in Microservices
Authentication & Authorization
- OAuth2 with Keycloak
- JWT (JSON Web Tokens)
- Spring Security Basics
Secure API Calls
- Role-based Access Control (RBAC)
- CSRF, CORS handling
- API rate limiting
Phase 6: Resilience & Observability
Resilience Patterns
- Circuit Breaker (Resilience4J)
- Retry Mechanism & Bulkhead Pattern
- Timeout Handling
Logging & Monitoring
- Distributed Tracing with Zipkin
- Centralized Logging (ELK Stack)
- Metrics with Prometheus & Grafana
Phase 7: Deployment & Scaling
Containerization & Orchestration
- Docker (Containerizing Microservices)
- Kubernetes (K8s) Basics
- Helm Charts
CI/CD
- GitHub Actions / Jenkins
- Automated Testing (JUnit, Mockito)
- Containerized Deployment
Phase 8: Advanced Topics
Event-Driven Architecture
- Kafka Streams & Consumer Groups
- Event Sourcing & CQRS
Serverless with Microservices
- AWS Lambda + API Gateway
- Serverless Spring Boot Functions
GraphQL vs REST
- Spring Boot + GraphQL
Resources
Book: 'Cloud Native Java' by Josh Long
Course: Udemy - 'Microservices with Spring Boot & Spring Cloud'
YouTube: JavaBrains, Amigoscode, in28minutes