4-Month Roadmap to Becoming a Java Spring Boot Backend Developer
Month 1: Java Fundamentals & OOP Mastery
Variables, Data Types, Operators
Control Statements (if-else, loops, switch)
Functions & Method Overloading
OOP Principles (Encapsulation, Abstraction, Inheritance, Polymorphism)
Collections Framework (List, Set, Map, Queue)
Exception Handling (try-catch, throws, finally)
Java 8+ Features (Lambdas, Streams, Functional Interfaces)
JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) with MySQL/PostgreSQL
Mini Project: Console-based Banking System using OOP + JDBC.
Month 2: Spring Boot Basics & REST API Development
Spring Boot Fundamentals & Annotations (@RestController, @Service, @Repository)
Creating REST APIs with @GetMapping, @PostMapping
Exception Handling (@ControllerAdvice, @ExceptionHandler)
Logging with SLF4J & Logback
Spring Data JPA & Hibernate (CRUD, Querying, Transactions)
Connecting to MySQL/PostgreSQL
Mini Project: CRUD API for Employee Management using Spring Boot + MySQL.
Month 3: Authentication & Security
Spring Security Basics (Authentication & Authorization)
JWT Authentication & Role-Based Access Control
OAuth2 (Google, GitHub Login)
CORS, CSRF Protection
Spring Boot Caching (Redis)
Mini Project: User Authentication System with JWT + Role-Based Access Control.
Month 4: Microservices, Deployment & Testing
Microservices with Spring Boot & Spring Cloud
Service Discovery with Eureka
API Gateway & Inter-Service Communication (Feign Client)
Unit Testing (JUnit, Mockito) & Integration Testing (RestAssured)
CI/CD Pipelines with Docker, GitHub Actions, AWS Deployment
Final Project: E-Commerce Backend using Spring Boot, Microservices, JWT, and Docker.
Bonus Skills (Optional but Recommended)
GraphQL with Spring Boot (Flexible API querying)
Apache Kafka / RabbitMQ (For microservices communication)
Spring Boot WebFlux (Reactive Programming)
Kubernetes for Large-Scale Deployment
Recommended Courses & Books
'Spring in Action' by Craig Walls
'Effective Java' by Joshua Bloch
Spring Boot Official Docs: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/htmlsingle/
Udemy - Java Programming Masterclass
Udemy - Spring Boot & Microservices
By following this roadmap, you'll be job-ready as a Java Spring Boot Developer in 4 mont