Spring Boot Coding Challenges
Easy - Basic Meter Reading API
Challenge: Basic Meter Reading API
Create REST endpoints to add and retrieve energy meter readings. Validate input (non-null, correct format). Use
in-memory or H2 database.
Easy - Simple Customer API
Challenge: Simple Customer API
Build a CRUD API for customer data. Use Spring Data JPA. Add input validation for required fields like name and email.
Easy - Spring Boot Health Check
Challenge: Spring Boot Health Check
Create a simple /health endpoint that returns the status of your service. Use Spring Actuator.
Easy - DTO Validation
Challenge: DTO Validation
Add validation annotations to your request DTOs. Create a global exception handler using @ControllerAdvice.
Easy - Simple Scheduler
Challenge: Simple Scheduler
Schedule a job that logs a message every 10 seconds using Spring's @Scheduled annotation.
Easy - Hello World REST App
Challenge: Hello World REST App
Create a basic Spring Boot REST API that returns a welcome message.
Medium - Customer Billing Engine
Challenge: Customer Billing Engine
Design and implement billing logic using different strategies. Each strategy should calculate based on readings. Use
Strategy Pattern.
Medium - Feature Toggle System
Spring Boot Coding Challenges
Challenge: Feature Toggle System
Build APIs to enable/disable features per user. Store toggles in DB. Add caching.
Medium - Meter Reading Validation
Challenge: Meter Reading Validation
Write a custom validator to check for invalid meter reading data (e.g., future timestamps).
Medium - Custom Exception Handling
Challenge: Custom Exception Handling
Use @ControllerAdvice to return structured error responses for various domain and validation errors.
Medium - REST API with Pagination and Sorting
Challenge: REST API with Pagination and Sorting
Create a pageable/sortable endpoint for meter readings or customers.
Medium - Upload and Parse CSV
Challenge: Upload and Parse CSV
Allow uploading meter readings in CSV format. Parse and store them.
Hard - Multi-Tenant Billing System
Challenge: Multi-Tenant Billing System
Design a multi-tenant energy billing platform supporting multiple suppliers. Ensure tenant isolation using discriminator or
schemas.
Hard - Kafka Consumer with Dead Letter Queue
Challenge: Kafka Consumer with Dead Letter Queue
Consume meter readings from Kafka. On processing failure, redirect message to DLQ topic. Expose DLQ content via
REST.
Hard - Dynamic Strategy Loader
Challenge: Dynamic Strategy Loader
Dynamically select and load billing strategies based on supplier configuration. Use Factory or Strategy pattern.
Spring Boot Coding Challenges
Hard - Task Scheduler with Retry and Idempotency
Challenge: Task Scheduler with Retry and Idempotency
Run billing tasks on a schedule. Ensure retry on failure and idempotency.
Hard - Role-Based Access Control
Challenge: Role-Based Access Control
Secure your APIs using Spring Security. Implement roles like ADMIN and USER with different access rights.
Hard - Testcontainers Integration Test
Challenge: Testcontainers Integration Test
Write an integration test using Testcontainers with a real PostgreSQL or Kafka instance.
