Java Backend Development Roadmap
- Core Java & Advanced Java Mastery
* Java 8+ Features: Lambda, Streams, Functional Interfaces, Method References
* Collections Framework, Generics, Exception Handling
* Memory Management, Multithreading, Concurrency (ThreadPool, ExecutorService, CountDownLatch, etc.)
- Spring Ecosystem
* Spring Core: DI, IoC, ApplicationContext vs BeanFactory
* Spring MVC: Controllers, REST APIs, Exception Handling
* Spring Boot: Auto Configuration, Profiles, Annotations
* Spring Security: JWT, OAuth2, Filters, SSL/TLS
* Spring Data JPA + Hibernate: CRUD, JPQL, Entity Relationships
* Spring AOP & Lombok
- Microservices Architecture
* Monolith vs Microservices
* Spring Boot Microservices, Feign Clients, Eureka, Gateway
Java Backend Development Roadmap
* Circuit Breakers, Config Server
- Messaging, Caching, and Integration
* Kafka: Producers, Consumers, Integration with Spring
* Caching: Redis, EHCache, @Cacheable
* Integration: RESTful APIs, Swagger, Apache Camel
- DevOps & Cloud Fundamentals
* Docker: Image, Container, Volumes
* Kubernetes: Pods, Services, Helm
* CI/CD: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, SonarQube
* Monitoring: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack
- Testing & Best Practices
* JUnit 5, Mockito, Integration Testing
* Code Coverage: JaCoCo
* API Testing: Postman, MockMVC
Java Backend Development Roadmap
- Projects
* Minor Project: Digital Library (CRUD, Redis, JWT, REST)
* Major Project: E-Wallet (Microservices, Kafka, Docker, K8s)
- Soft Skills & Interview Prep
* Agile, Jira, Problem Solving (DSA)
* Behavioral Interviews, System Design (LLD & HLD)
- Optional Next Steps
* GraphQL, Quarkus, Micronaut
* Open-source Contributions, AWS Developer Cert