Milestone 4: Web Services (Spring Web)

🟥 Milestone 4: Web Services (Spring Web)

Welcome to the communication layer. Here, we learn how to open the doors of our application to the internet, allowing websites and mobile apps to talk to our Java logic.

📚 Slow-Paced Deep Dives

• Module 1: REST Controllers (The Waiter): Building endpoints to handle GET, POST, and DELETE requests.
• Module 2: Request Bodies & JSON (The Order Form): Accepting and sending data in a universal format.

🥅 Milestone Goals

1. Create a RESTful Controller with proper URL mapping.
2. Use Path Variables to search for specific items.
3. Receive JSON from a user and save it as a Java object.
4. Return custom HTTP Status Codes (like 404 and 201).

Next Milestone

Now that anyone can talk to your app, let’s learn how to LOCK the doors in Milestone 5: Spring Security!

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