Learn Spring: Fundamentals and Controllers

Get started on learning how to use Java to work with the Spring framework.
Ready to start your journey into the Spring framework? Take Learn Spring: Fundamentals and Controllers—Spring uses Java to build RESTful web applications, among other things. Spring provides a lot of scaffolding to quickly create apps which allows developers to focus on the app's logic. In this course, you'll learn how to make requests and handle client requests using Spring's controllers.



### Skills you’ll gain
* Get introduced to the Spring framework and how it works
* Set up Spring locally on your computer.
* Create controller classes in Spring.
* Handle responses and map routes in an application.

### Notes on prerequisites
We recommend that you complete [Learn Java: Inheritance and Polymorphism]https://www.codecademy.com/learn/learn-java-inheritance-and-polymorphism) before starting this course.

• How Spring Works: Learn how the web works and how Spring fits into it
• Lesson: Hello Spring
• Article: Spring Project Layout and Running Locally
• Quiz: Hello Spring Quiz
• Article: What is curl?
• Quiz: What is curl?
• Spring Controllers: Build Spring controllers using Java and Spring annotations
• Lesson: Responding to Requests with Spring
• Quiz: Spring Controllers
• Project: Travel Adventures API
• Informational: Next Steps