Using MongoDB and Spring Boot to Create a RESTful Web Service

Robert Rice Development Technologies, Java, Spring Boot 1 Comment

Spring Boot is a framework designed to simplify the bootstrapping and development of a new Spring application. The framework takes an opinionated approach to configuration, freeing developers from the need to define a boilerplate configuration. MongoDB is a simple set up and easy to use document database. A RESTful API is an application program interface (API) that uses HTTP requests to GET, PUT, POST and DELETE data.

In this post, I will demonstrate the process of creating a RESTful web application with Spring Boot and MongoDB.

Don’t Hate the HATEOAS Part Deux: Springtime for HATEOAS

Billy Korando Development Technologies, Java, Spring 1 Comment

Attention: The following article was published over 8 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. Please keep that in mind as you read the post.In the much belated conclusion to my series on HATEOAS, we will be diving into how to implement HATEOAS using Spring-Data-REST and Spring-HATEOAS. It is springtime for HATEOAS! I put together a functioning …

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Don’t Hate The HATEOAS

Billy Korando Development Technologies, DevOps, Java, Single-Page Application, Tutorial 3 Comments

Attention: The following article was published over 8 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. Please keep that in mind as you read the post.Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the HATEOAS REST has become the defacto, or at least vogue, solution to implementing web services. This is understandable because REST offers a …