Top 5 Tools for Testing REST APIs and RESTful Web Services in 2023 - Best of Lot

Hello guys, If you are a Java or web developer working on REST APIs and RESTful web services and looking for some tools to test your APIs and web services then you have come to the right place. Earlier, I have shared the best books and courses for RESTful web services and in this article, I am going to share five awesome but easily accessible and free tools to test your REST APIs. These REST API testing tools will help you to test your APIs as you build, starting from unit testing to integration testing and then fully automating your resting to create a regression pack. You can also use these tools to interact with your REST API during the development phase for quick tests. 

What is the use of DispatcherServlet in Spring MVC Framework?

If you have worked with Spring MVC then you should know what is a DispatcherServlet? It's actually the heart of Spring MVC, precisely the C of MVC design pattern or Controller. Every single web request which is supposed to be processed by Spring MVC goes through DispatcherServlet. In general, its an implementation of Front Controller Pattern which provides a single point of entry in your application. It handles all incoming requests. It is also the bridge between Java and Spring. Btw, the DispatcherServlet is like any other Servlet is declared in the web.xml with a URL pattern but the only special thing is that the URL pattern for dispatcher servlet is enough to map every single web request to DispathcherServlert.

7 Reasons to use Spring Framework for Creating RESTful Webservices in Java

REST has now become a standard way to develop web services and when it comes to Java, there are many frameworks and libraries available like JAX-RS, Restlet, Jersey, RESTEasy, Apache CFX, etc, but I encourage Java developers to use Spring framework to develop RESTful web services. But, some of you might ask, why use Spring Framework to develop RESTful web services in Java? What is the advantage and why it's better than other frameworks and libraries available out there? Well, the most important reason I think to use Spring for developing RESTful web service is that you can use your Spring MVC experience to develop RESTful web services.

Spring Hello World Example in Java using Dependency Injection

Hello All, In this Spring framework tutorial, you will learn how to write the hello world example in the Spring framework. This should be your first tutorial to start learning the Spring framework, as it gets the ball rolling. While coding and running this example, you learn a lot about the Spring framework, Spring XSD files, necessary JAR files, and more importantly how the Spring framework works. This HelloWorld program in Spring framework is an extension of the classical Java hello world program, which you might have seen earlier. This program is written using the Dependency Injection design pattern by using the Spring Frameworks' IOC container.  Even though now you can configure Spring dependency using annotations and Java configuration, this example uses a traditional XML way to configure dependencies.

Eclipse - How to Fix java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet in Tomcat

Problem: You are getting java.lang.ClassNotFoundException exception complaining that Spring's DispatcherServlet class is not available in the classpath. This error is coming while running a Spring MVC based Java application from Eclipse and Tomcat as Server (running inside Eclipse IDE itself). You have either included spring framework JAR files manually by yourself or you are using Maven to download and manage dependent JAR files. Here is the stack trace of this error :

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet
    at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1678)
    at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1523)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.loadClass(DefaultInstanceManager.java:525)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.loadClassMaybePrivileged(DefaultInstanceManager.java:507)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.newInstance(DefaultInstanceManager.java:126)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1099)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:1043)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java:4957

20 Essential Tools for DevOps Engineers and Senior Developers in 2023

Hello guys, If you are thinking to become a DevOps Engineer in 2023 or just want to take your DevOps skills to next level then here is a list of some of the essential tools for DevOps professionals. DevOps engineers and senior developers are responsible for managing and automating the software development process, from planning and coding to testing and deployment. To accomplish these tasks efficiently and effectively, they require a range of tools and technologies that can help them streamline their workflows and increase productivity. In this article, you will learn about 20 essential tools that every DevOps engineer and senior developer should have in their toolkit. 

What is bean scope in Spring Framework? Singleton, Prototype, Request scopes Example Tutorial

Java classes or POJO which are managed by Spring Framework are called Bean or Spring Bean and Bean scope in Spring framework or Spring MVC is scope for a bean managed by Spring IOC container. You may know that Spring is a framework that is based on Dependency Injection and Inversion of Control and provides bean management facilities to Java application. In Spring-managed environment bean (Java Classes) are created and wired by the Spring framework. Spring allows you to define how those beans will be created and the scope of the bean is one of those details. Scope are similar to access modifiers in Java which specifies visibility of a particular class. 

How View Resolver works in Spring MVC? [InternalResourceViewResolver Example]

Hello guys, if you are wondering what is view resolver in Spring MVC and what role InternalViewResolver class plays in Spring MVC then you have come to the right place. Earlier, I have explained to you how Spring MVC works internally and how it processes HTTP requests coming to your web application. One of the important parts of that processing was resolving views, which is handled by the ViewResolver interface, which is the V part of MVC. They are responsible for returning correct views to the client, both in the Spring MVC application as well as on REST APIs. In this article, you'll learn more about view resolvers in Spring MVC by explaining the InternalResourceViewResolver class. 

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 returns 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.