Top 5 Spring Cloud Annotations for Java Microservices

Hello guys, If you are developing a Java application for Cloud, then you should learn Spring Cloud, a great framework and extension of the popular Spring framework, which can help you to develop a cloud-native Java application. Spring Cloud provides several necessary services required for a cloud-based Java application and Microservices like configuration management, service discovery, circuit breakers, intelligent routing, micro-proxy, a control bus, one-time tokens, global locks, leadership election, distributed sessions, cluster state, etc.

What is ContextLoaderListener in Spring MVC? Example Tutorial

The ContextLoaderListner is one of the essential components of the Spring MVC framework, probably the most important after the DispatcherServlet itself. It is used to create the root context and responsible for loading beans, which are shared by multiple DispatcherServlet like beans related to the service layer and data access layer. In general, When you develop Spring MVC based web applications and also using Spring in the services layer, you need to provide two application-contexts. The first one is configured using ContextLoaderListener, and the other is set using DispatcherServlet. The DispatcherServlet is responsible for loading web component-specific beans like controllers, view resolvers, and handler mappings while, as I said before, ContextLoaderListener is accountable for loading middle-tier and data-tier beans which forms the back end of Spring applications.

How to enable HTTP Caching in Java Web application with Spring MVC? Cache-Control Header Example

One of the standard requirement in a secure Java web application is to disallow the back button of the browser or invalid the session if the user hit the back button of the browser. You might have seen this behavior while doing online banking or net banking, almost all the banks don't allow you to use the browser's back button. Your session gets terminated as soon as you hit the back button, and you have to log in again to do any transaction. Btw, have you ever checked some situations on your Servlet and JSP-based Java web application, like, if you pressed the back button of your browser after logging in, what happened? You will find that the browser takes you to the previous page.

What is @PropertySource Annotation in Java and Spring? PropertySource Example Spring Boot

Hello Java developers, if you are using Spring Framework or Spring Boot in your new project and wondering what is property source in Spring Framework and how to use @PropertySource annotation then you have come to the right place. Earlier, I have shared the best books and online courses to learn Spring Framework and in this article, I will teach you how to use @PropertySource annotation in Spring to read Environment variables and inject properties using @Value annotation. In the Spring application, one of the files that are needed to provide properties to the Spring environment is the @Configuration classes. 

How @Configuration, @Component, and @ComponentScan annotations works in Spring Framework? Component Scanning Example

Hello guys, if you are wondering how to does autowiring work in Spring Framework and how does Spring Framework find dependency in runtime then you have come to the right place. Earlier, I have explained How Spring MVC works and how Spring Security works, and In this tutorial, I will tell you how component scanning and auto-wiring works in Spring. You will also learn how to enable component scanning in a Spring application. When you develop a software application using spring, you need to tell the Spring framework where to look for Spring components. Using component scanning it is very much easier as this enables auto-detection of beans by spring container and smoothly.

How to send Email in Java using Spring Framework? JavaMailSenderImpl Example Tutorial

Hello guys, if you want to send emails from your Java application and looking for a Java + Spring Framework tutorial to send emails then you have come to the right place. Earlier, I have shared the free spring framework online courses, and today, I am going to share how to send Emails in the Java application using Spring Framework and JavaMailSenderImpl class which makes it really easy to send emails from Java application.  Email is one of the essential function of any enterprise Java application. Your application will need Email functionality to send reminders, bills, payments, confirmations, passwords, alerts, and several other kinds of system notifications.

How does HTTP Request is handled in Spring MVC? DispatcherServlet Example Tutorial

One of the common interview questions in Spring MVC is, how does the DispatcherServlet process a request in Spring MVC? or What is the role of DispatcherServlet in the Spring MVC framework? This is an excellent question for any Java or Spring web developer because it exposed the candidate's knowledge about Spring MVC architecture and how its main components like Model, View, and Controller.   The answers to this question show how much you know about the Spring MVC framework and its working. 

[Solved] java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.Springframework.Web.Context.ContextLoaderListener in Java and Spring

Problem : You are getting java.lang.ClassNotFoundException : org.Springframework.Web.
Context.ContextLoaderListener in your Spring-based Java Web application.
Cause: This error comes when you are using the Spring MVC framework in your Java Web application and configured org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener as a listener in your deployment descriptor also known as web.xml, but the JAR which contains this class is not available in the web application's CLASSPATH.

How to fix org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name X [Java Spring]

If you are using the Spring framework in your Java application and getting this error during startup it means Spring is not able to initialize the bean X and add it into its application context, Why? There could be multiple reasons like a typo on the spring bean name. Let's take a closer look at the stack trace to find out the real reason:

BeanInstantiationException: Could not instantiate bean class [X]: No default constructor found; nested exception is java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: X.()

Here X is the class, which is declared as Spring bean. The error clearly says that the default constructor is not present in class X.

What is the use of DispatcherServlet in Spring MVC? Interview Question Example

Hello guys, In today's article we are going to discuss one interesting and the important Spring MVC concept, which is also a popular Spring Interview question. How DispatcherServlet works internally in Spring MVC or What is the role of DispatcherServlet in Spring MVC are some of the frequently asked Spring MVC Interview Questions. You might have seen them already during your previous Java web development interviews but if you have not, it's a good question to know. In this article, I'll answer these questions by explaining What is DispatcherServlet and its importance in Spring MVC. The DispatcherServlet is one of the important components of the Spring MVC web framework and acts as a Front Controller.

What is @Bean Annotation in Spring Framework? Example Tutorial

Hello Java programmers, if you are wondering what is @Bean annotation in Spring Framework, what is the purpose, and how to use it then you have come to the right place. Earlier, I have shared the best free Spring core and spring MVC courses and In this tutorial, you will learn the most frequently used Spring annotations @Bean, which are used to define different types of beans. Beans are the fundamentals of Spring framework, they represent the POJO class which is created and managed by Spring Framework. Whole Spring framework is about beans and their relationships. 

Spring HelloWorld Example in Java Annotations and Autowiring [Tutorial]

Spring framework has gone a couple of releases since I last share the Spring hello world example with XML configuration. In this article, I am going to explain to you how to create a Spring hello world example with Spring 4.2 release and by using Annotation for dependency injection and autowiring. So no more XML files to specify bean dependencies. It's a simple program that shows how you can use the Spring framework to create Services that are loosely coupled. The example will show you the basic concept of dependency injection by creating a simple Java application that greets the user.

How to use @ResponseBody and @RequestBody in Spring MVC and REST? Example Tutorial

Hello guys, if you are wondering what is @RequestBody and @ResponseBody annotation in Spring MVC and Spring Boot then you have come to the right place. Earlier, I have told you about the @RestController annotation and in this article, I am going to explain to you what is RequestBody and ResponseBody annotation, how to use them, and when to use them with simple examples. While working with REST API, we may need to bind HTTP requests and response bodies with the domain object. To bind this, we use we can use the @ResponseBody and @RequestBody annotations in Spring MVC. 

Top 5 Free & Paid Spring Certification Courses and Practice Tests

Many Java developers don't know that, similar to Oracle's Java certification, there is also a Spring certification program, which certifies yourself for your Spring framework skill. There are three Spring certifications currently available, the Spring Professional certification exam, also known as the Vmware Certified Spring Professional exam (VMware EDU-1202) which certifies on your general knowledge about Spring framework, Spring MVC skill, Spring Boot, Spring Data JPA, Testing with Spring and Spring Boot, and other advanced Spring skills. Earlier, SpringSource provides these certifications, but now they are provided by Vmware, the company behind the Spring framework.

How to Schedule Spring Professional Certification Exam (VMware EDU-1202) Online? [Guide]

Hello folks, even since Pivotal made the mandatory training optional for Spring certification, I have been writing a lot about Spring 5.0 Core Professional exam here. In the past, I have written about general preparation tips, books, courses, mock tests. So, after months of hard work and preparation, you are finally ready for the day. In order to schedule for the Spring certification exam, you first need to buy an exam voucher from Vmware's website. If you have taken their training course like the Core Spring training course, then you also receive a free voucher for 1 attempt.

How to test a Spring Boot application in Java? @SpringBootTest Example

Hello guys, if you are wondering how to test your Java + Spring Boot application then you are at the right place. Earlier, I have shared best Spring Boot Courses and Spring Boot + Microservice example and in this article, I will talk about how to test your Spring boot application, mainly about writing unit test and integration test for Java and Spring boot application. Unit testing and Integration testing are two skills which separates a normal developer from a professional Java developer and when it comes to testing Spring applications many Java developer doesn't really know how to do that. If you are new to Java and Spring development but keen to learn Unit testing both Java and Spring Boot application then you have come to the right place.

Top 7 Spring Boot Online Courses for Beginners in 2025 - Best of Lot [UPDATED]

Hello guys, if one of your goals is to learn Spring Boot in 2025, and I have started working towards it. As I have talked about my 3 point action plan to learn new technology, the first step is to attend some online courses and start building from that. If you are not sure what is Spring Boot and why should you learn Spring Boot, then let me tell you that it should be the first Java framework you should learn in 2025. The Spring Boot makes it really easy to work with the Spring framework by removing all the starting hurdles concerning setup and configuration. In one word, it makes it possible to write a Spring-based Java application and run them like core Java applications, like from the primary method.

How to solve java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/springframework/beans/factory/SmartInitializingSingleton in Spring Boot [Solved]

Problem:
I was trying to run a HelloWorld program using Spring Boot when I got this error:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not evaluate condition on org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.PropertyPlaceholderAutoConfiguration#propertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer due to internal class not found. This can happen if you are @ComponentScanning a springframework package (e.g. if you put a @ComponentScan in the default package by mistake)
at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.SpringBootCondition.matches(SpringBootCondition.java:52)
at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConditionEvaluator.shouldSkip(ConditionEvaluator.java:92)
at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitionsForBeanMethod(ConfigurationClassBeanDefinitionReader.java:174)
at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitionsForConfigurationClass(ConfigurationClassBeanDefinitionReader.java:136)

Top 6 Udemy Courses to Learn Microservices with Java and Spring Boot in 2025 - Best of Lot

Hello guys, if you want to learn about Microservices architecture and how to create Microservices with Java using Spring Boot and Spring cloud framework and looking for the best online courses then you have come to the right place. Earlier, I have shared the best free Microservices courses for Java programmers and in this article, I am going to share the best online courses to learn Microservices with Java in 2025. Popularity of Cloud Computing has given an exponential rise to Microservices architecture because they go hand in hand. 

Top 5 Free Udemy Courses to Learn Microservices for Java Developers in 2025 - Best of Lot

Hello Java programmers, if you want to learn Microservice architecture and look for free Microservice resources like free online courses, you have come to the right place. Earlier, I have shared the best Microservice courses for Java programmers to build Microservice using Java and the Spring framework, and today, I will share some free courses to learn Microservice in Java using Spring Boot and the Spring Cloud framework. If you don't know, Microservices is a modern architecture that goes along nicely with cloud computing and makes deployment, scaling, and even development easier.