Welcome to the Spring MVC Tutorial Series!
Spring MVC is a powerful framework for building web applications in Java. In this series, we will dive deep into Spring MVC and cover everything you need to know to become proficient in building web applications using this framework.
We’ll start with the basics, exploring the core concepts of Spring Web MVC and understanding its architecture. Then, we’ll move on to some general topics like data binding, custom data binders, and data validation, …… Finally, we’ll delve into advanced topics such as Spring Boot’s auto-configuration of DispatcherServlet.
Whether you’re a beginner looking to learn the fundamentals or an experienced developer seeking advanced techniques, this series has something for everyone.
Spring MVC – Architecture
In this section, we’ll lay the foundation by delving into the core concepts of Spring Web MVC and understanding its architecture. You’ll gain insights into the inner workings of DispatcherServlet, Handler mappings, and Handler Adapters, and learn how to configure DispatcherServlet manually.
Spring MVC – General Concepts
Moving onto some general concepts, we’ll focus on data management in Spring MVC. You’ll discover the intricacies of data binding, including custom formatters for handling complex data types effectively.
Spring MVC – Validation
I have already written about this concept on my Medium profile, so there is no need to repeat the same work here. In that article, I covered the basics of the Bean Validation API specification, the use of basic validation annotations, and provided a step-by-step guide to building your own validator.
Spring MVC – Advanced (coming soon)
In this section, I will cover some advanced and more amazing stuff, like how Spring Boot autoconfigures Spring MVC, what the default configuration is, how the DispatcherServlet gets configured and registered, and embedded Tomcat.
