Get up and running with the Spring Boot and React stack – build an app from start to finish, test the frontend and backend, and deploy. Now with TypeScript code! Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook

Key Features

Use Spring Boot 3 to create powerful, complex, and secure backends for your applications

Leverage React to build slick, high-performance frontends

Get introduced to TypeScript, Vite, and React Query for React development

Book Description

If you’re an existing Java developer who wants to go full stack or pick up another frontend framework, this book is your concise introduction to React. In this three-part build-along, you’ll create a robust Spring Boot backend, a React frontend, and then deploy them together. This new edition is updated to Spring Boot 3 and includes expanded content on security and testing. For the first time ever, it also covers React development with the in-demand TypeScript. You’ll explore the elements that go into creating a REST API and testing, securing, and deploying your applications. You’ll learn about custom Hooks, third-party components, and MUI. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to build a full stack application using the latest tools and modern best practices.

What you will learn

Make fast and RESTful web services powered by Spring Data REST

Create and manage databases using ORM, JPA, Hibernate, and more

Explore the use of unit tests and JWTs with Spring Security

Employ React Hooks, props, states, and more to create your frontend

Harness the Material UI component library to customize your frontend

Use the fetch API, Axios, and React Query for networking

Add CRUD functionality to your apps

Deploy your apps using AWS and Docker

Who this book is for

This book is for Java developers who have basic familiarity with Spring Boot but don’t know where to start when it comes to building full stack applications. Basic knowledge of JavaScript and HTML will help you to follow along. You’ll also find this book useful if you’re a frontend developer with knowledge of JavaScript basics and looking to learn full stack development, or a full stack developer experienced in other technology stacks looking to learn a new one.