G

G
Spring Framework Detailed Curriculum (Beginner to Advanced)

Spring is a powerful Java framework used for building enterprise applications. Below is a structured
curriculum covering Spring Core, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Data, Spring Security, and
Microservices.
S

S
N

N
1. Core Spring (Spring Framework)
G

G
Introduction to Spring

• What is Spring?

• Features & Benefits of Spring

• Spring Architecture
S

S
N

N
• Spring Modules Overview (Core, AOP, MVC, Data, Security, Boot, Cloud)
G

G
• Setting Up a Spring Project (Maven/Gradle)

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

• What is IoC?

• Spring IoC Container (BeanFactory vs ApplicationContext)

S
• What is Dependency Injection?
N

N
•
G

G
Types of Dependency Injection:

o Constructor Injection

o Setter Injection

o Field Injection (using @Autowired)

• XML-based vs Java-based Configuration

S
N

• @Component, @Service, @Repository, and @Controller Annotations N

G
• @Primary and @Qualifier Annotations

Bean Management in Spring

• Spring Beans & Bean Lifecycle

• @PostConstruct and @PreDestroy Annotations

• Bean Scopes (singleton, prototype, request, session)

N
G

• @Lazy Annotation for Lazy Initialization

• Bean Factory and BeanPostProcessor

Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP)

• What is AOP?
S

S
N

N
G

G
G

G
• AOP Concepts: Aspect, JoinPoint, Advice, Pointcut

• Spring AOP vs Proxy-based AOP

• Implementing AOP in Spring (@Aspect, @Before, @After, @Around)

S
N

N
2. Spring Boot
G

G
Introduction to Spring Boot

• What is Spring Boot?

• Spring Boot vs Spring Framework

• Features of Spring Boot

S
• Setting Up a Spring Boot Project (Maven/Gradle, Spring Initializr)
N

N
G

G
• application.properties vs application.yml

Spring Boot Core Concepts

• Spring Boot Auto-Configuration

• Spring Boot Starter Dependencies

• Understanding SpringApplication Class

S
N

N
• CommandLineRunner and ApplicationRunner
G

G
Spring Boot REST API Development

• What is REST?

• Creating a REST API using @RestController

• HTTP Methods: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE

S
• @RequestMapping, @GetMapping, @PostMapping, @PathVariable, @RequestParam
N

N
G

G
• Request & Response Handling (@RequestBody, @ResponseBody)

• Exception Handling in REST (@ControllerAdvice, @ExceptionHandler)

• Logging in Spring Boot (SLF4J, Logback)

Spring Boot Data Access (Spring Data JPA)

• Introduction to ORM & Hibernate

S
N

• Configuring Spring Data JPA

• Entity, Repository, and Service Layers

• CRUD Operations using JpaRepository

• Derived Query Methods (findBy, countBy, existsBy)

• @Query Annotation for Custom Queries

S
N

N
G

G
G

G
• Pagination & Sorting (Pageable, Sort)

3. Spring MVC (Web Applications)

Introduction to Spring MVC

S
N

N
• What is Spring MVC?
G

G
• Spring MVC Architecture

• DispatcherServlet & Request Flow

• MVC Annotations (@Controller, @RequestMapping, @ModelAttribute, @SessionAttributes)

• Handling Forms & Data Binding (@RequestParam, @ModelAttribute)

S
• View Technologies: Thymeleaf, JSP, Freemarker
N

N
G

G
• File Upload & Download in Spring MVC

4. Spring Security

Introduction to Spring Security

• What is Spring Security?

S
N

N
• Authentication & Authorization Basics
G

G
• Configuring Spring Security in a Spring Boot App

• In-Memory Authentication

• UserDetailsService & JDBC Authentication

• Role-Based Access Control (@PreAuthorize, @Secured)

S
• JWT Authentication & Token-Based Security
N

N
G

G
• OAuth2 Authentication (Google, Facebook Login)

5. Spring Cloud & Microservices

Introduction to Microservices

• Monolithic vs Microservices Architecture

S
N

• Benefits of Microservices
G

• Challenges & Solutions

Spring Cloud Components

• Service Discovery with Eureka

• API Gateway with Spring Cloud Gateway

S
N

N
G

G
G

G
• Load Balancing with Ribbon

• Fault Tolerance with Resilience4J (Circuit Breaker)

• Distributed Logging with Sleuth & Zipkin

• Configuration Management with Spring Cloud Config

S
N

N
• Messaging with RabbitMQ & Kafka
G

G
6. Spring Testing

• Unit Testing with JUnit & Mockito

• Integration Testing with Spring Boot Test

S
• MockMVC for Testing REST APIs
N

N
G

G
• Testing Repositories & Services

7. DevOps & Spring

• Building & Packaging Spring Boot Applications (jar, war)

• Dockerizing Spring Boot Applications

S
N

N
• Deploying Spring Boot Apps to AWS/GCP/Azure
G

G
• CI/CD Pipeline (GitHub Actions, Jenkins)

Summary

Module Topics Covered

S
N

Spring Core IoC, Dependency Injection, Bean Management, AOP N

G
Spring Boot Auto-configuration, REST APIs, Data JPA

Spring MVC DispatcherServlet, Forms, View Technologies

Spring Security Authentication, JWT, OAuth2

Spring Cloud Eureka, API Gateway, Circuit Breaker

S
N

Spring Testing JUnit, Mockito, MockMVC

Spring & DevOps Docker, CI/CD, Cloud Deployment

Who is This Curriculum For?

• Beginners – Start with Core Spring & Spring Boot

S
N

N
G

G
G

G
• Intermediate Developers – Learn Spring MVC, Data JPA, Security

• Advanced Developers – Work on Microservices & Cloud

Would you like a structured learning roadmap with estimated timelines?

S
N

N
G

G
S

S
N

N
G

G
S

S
N

N
G

G
S

S
N

N
G

G
S

S
N

N
G

G
S

S
N

N
G