How Spring MVC Framework works? How HTTP Request is processed?

One of the frequently asked Spring MVC Interview questions is about explaining the flow of web request i.e. how an HTTP request is processed from start to end. In other words, explaining the flow of request in Spring MVC. Since many of my readers ask this question time and again, I thought to summarize the flow of request processing in a short article. It all starts with the client, which sends a request to a specific URL. When that request hit the web container e.g. Tomcat it look into web.xml and find the Servlet or Filter which is mapped to that particular URL. It the delegate that Servlet or Filter to process the request. Since Spring MVC is built on top of Servlet, this is also the initial flow of request in any Spring MVC based Java web application.

Top 5 Free Git Courses for Programmers to Learn Online - Best of Lot

One of my goals in 2018 is to learn and master Git and I have been searching for some good tutorials and courses to start with. The Internet is full of git tutorials and a simple Google search will leave you thousands of tutorials but the big question mark is where do you start? It's easy to pick a tutorial or a blog post if you have some background about what is Git, what it does? and how to use it but if you don't have much background then you need a course which can tell you all the information from the ground up. I personally like learning from a book or an online course before moving to blog posts as they were often well structured. When you search for Git courses in popular online course websites like Udemy, Pluralsight or Coursera, you will find some good courses like Git Complete: The Definitive Guide on Udemy and Git Fundamentals from Pluralsight which will teach you everything about Git step by step. These are excellent resources to start with Git.

Difference between @RestController and @Controller Annotation in Spring MVC and REST

The @RestController annotation in Spring MVC is nothing but a combination of @Controller and @ResponseBody annotation. It was added into Spring 4.0 to make the development of RESTful Web Services in Spring framework easier. If you are familiar with the REST web services you know that the fundamental difference between a web application and a REST API is that the response from a web application is generally view (HTML + CSS + JavaScript)  because they are intended for human viewers while REST API just return data in form of JSON or XML because most of the REST clients are programs. This difference is also obvious in the @Controller and @RestController annotation.

3 Books and Courses to Learn Spring Security 5 in Depth

The Spring Security is one of the popular projects under the Spring framework umbrella which address security requirements of modern web applications. Since Security is a paramount concern for enterprise Java applications, good knowledge of a security framework like Spring security goes a long way in someone's career. It not only helps you to become a full stack developer but also opens a lot of opportunity in terms of job and career growth. There is a lot of demand of Java developers who know the Spring framework and understands how to secure their application on the web. They are also one of the highest paid professionals in the Java world, where a Java developer with Spring + Spring Security getting anywhere to 120,000 - 150,000 USD or equivalent across the world. Even in India, you get a lot of good opportunities, interesting work, and a higher salary if you have these skills.

Top 5 Courses to Learn Angular Framework in 2019 - Best of Lot

If you are a Web developer or someone who wants to learn Angular for web development and looking for some awesome resources e.g. books, online courses, and tutorials then you have come to the right place. In the past, I have shared some of the best Angular tutorials and today, In this article, I am going to share some of the best Angular courses to learn modern day web development. If you don't know what is Angular and how it helps you to develop modern day web development, let me give you a brief overview. It's a Javascript front-end framework which allows you to build a modern-day big e-commerce web application as well as a single page web application which runs on a browser.

10 Web Development Frameworks Full-Stack Software Engineer Can Learn in 2019

The Technical world changes as fast the technology changes and so is the technical jobs. Gone are the days where you can land a job by just knowing one technology or programming language, and somehow to survive in the job for many years without learning new things. Many of us get into programming and web development world by knowing just one or two technology like Java, C++, or JavaScript, but that won't cut the ice anymore. There were teams of tens of people doing specialized jobs e.g. front-end development is done by a separate set of developers and back-end is written by other sets of programmers, commonly known as server-side developers.