Building a REST API with Spring Boot

Hands-on workshop on building, structuring, and testing RESTful backend APIs using Spring Boot.

Overview

This workshop guides participants through building a simple backend service using Spring Boot. By the end of the session, attendees will have implemented a fully functional REST API with CRUD operations and tested it locally.

The workshop focuses on practical learning by building a Student Management API step-by-step.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this workshop, attendees will be able to:

• Create and run a Spring Boot project.
• Structure a backend application using controllers, services, and repositories.
• Implement RESTful CRUD endpoints using Spring Boot and Spring Data JPA.
• Test API endpoints using Postman or a similar tool.

Project Specifications

The workshop project implements a simple Student Management REST API.

Entity

Student

Fields:

• id
• name
• email
• course

Project Structure