Java Web Developer

Name: Java Web Developer Nanodegree Program
Rating: 4.6 (269 reviews)

Nanodegree Program

Learn enterprise scale back-end development with Java, and be prepared for the software engineering jobs that are in demand at a majority of Fortune 500 companies like Google, Amazon, and more.

Intermediate

3 months

Real-world Projects

Completion Certificate

Last Updated May 8, 2023

Skills you'll learn:

Object-relational mapping • Graphql • Swagger • Docker

Prerequisites:

Basic SQL • Intermediate Java

Courses In This Program

Course 1

Welcome to Java Web Developer Nanodegree Program

Lesson 1

Java Web Developer Nanodegree Orientation

Lesson 2

Knowledge, Community, and Careers

Lesson 1

Java Web Developer Nanodegree Orientation

Lesson 2

Knowledge, Community, and Careers

Course 2 • 3 weeks

Spring Boot Basics

Learn the fundamentals of Java while being introduced to a Spring Boot framework and associated integrations and plugins.

Lesson 1

Introduction to Spring Boot

In this lesson, you will meet your instructor, learn about the prerequisites, and discuss what web development is and how it has been accomplished.

Lesson 2

Web Development in Java

In this lesson, we're going to take a look at the structure of web applications in Java, Spring's role in web development, and the use of Maven as a dependency management tool.

Lesson 3

Spring Boot Basics for Web Development

In this lesson, we'll be learning how Spring framework operates and how to integrate with it to build flexible, maintainable application components.

Lesson 4

Spring MVC and Thymeleaf

In this lesson, we're going to learn how to build web sites with Spring! We'll be using Spring MVC and Thymeleaf.

Lesson 5

Data Persistence & Security

In this lesson, we will explore connecting our Spring Boot applications to SQL databases and the benefits of persistent data. We'll be using MyBatis and Spring Security!

Lesson 6

Testing

In this lesson, you'll learn how to use Selenium, write tests with JUnit, and integrate Selenium in order to test complex, multi-action user stories.

Lesson 7 • Project

SuperDuperDrive

Lesson 1

Introduction to Spring Boot

In this lesson, you will meet your instructor, learn about the prerequisites, and discuss what web development is and how it has been accomplished.

Lesson 2

Web Development in Java

In this lesson, we're going to take a look at the structure of web applications in Java, Spring's role in web development, and the use of Maven as a dependency management tool.

Lesson 3

Spring Boot Basics for Web Development

In this lesson, we'll be learning how Spring framework operates and how to integrate with it to build flexible, maintainable application components.

Lesson 4

Spring MVC and Thymeleaf

In this lesson, we're going to learn how to build web sites with Spring! We'll be using Spring MVC and Thymeleaf.

Lesson 5

Data Persistence & Security

In this lesson, we will explore connecting our Spring Boot applications to SQL databases and the benefits of persistent data. We'll be using MyBatis and Spring Security!

Lesson 6

Testing

In this lesson, you'll learn how to use Selenium, write tests with JUnit, and integrate Selenium in order to test complex, multi-action user stories.

Lesson 7 • Project

SuperDuperDrive

Course 3 • 3 weeks

Web Services and APIs

Explore the differences between web services, APIs, and microservices. Develop REST and GraphQL APIs, and learn how to secure, consume, document, and test those APIs and web services.

Lesson 1

Overview

First, meet your instructor Kesha and learn about the course. Then, learn a brief overview of web services and how they compare to APIs and microservices.

Lesson 2

REST APIs

Learn how to build RESTful APIs with Spring Boot, first by learning about the REST architecture, then how to use annotations with REST controllers in Spring Boot.

Lesson 3

GraphQL APIs

Dive into GraphQL, a query language for APIs. GraphQL lets calling clients limit the data response to just what is needed.

Lesson 4

Microservices

Find out how Microservices improve on the older monolithic application structure, including how to use Eureka and Spring Data REST for easy development and deployment.

Lesson 5

Security

Security is key to keeping your information safe - here, you'll learn how to add security to your APIs to keep out unwanted eyes and avoid undesired changes.

Lesson 6

Consuming SOAP & REST

Enable the consumption of SOAP and REST APIs within your own API to further speed up development time and avoid reinventing the wheel.

Lesson 7

Documentation

Learn about the importance of documentation and easily implement it with the use of Swagger within your code.

Lesson 8

Unit & Integration Tests

Build unit and integration tests to give you confidence your application continues to work as intended after making new changes to your code.

Lesson 9 • Project

Build the Backend System for a Car Website

In this project, you'll create a REST API to store vehicle data, while consuming information regarding location and pricing data from external resources. Also, you'll document and test your API!

Lesson 1

Overview

First, meet your instructor Kesha and learn about the course. Then, learn a brief overview of web services and how they compare to APIs and microservices.

Lesson 2

REST APIs

Learn how to build RESTful APIs with Spring Boot, first by learning about the REST architecture, then how to use annotations with REST controllers in Spring Boot.

Lesson 3

GraphQL APIs

Dive into GraphQL, a query language for APIs. GraphQL lets calling clients limit the data response to just what is needed.

Lesson 4

Microservices

Find out how Microservices improve on the older monolithic application structure, including how to use Eureka and Spring Data REST for easy development and deployment.

Lesson 5

Security

Security is key to keeping your information safe - here, you'll learn how to add security to your APIs to keep out unwanted eyes and avoid undesired changes.

Lesson 6

Consuming SOAP & REST

Enable the consumption of SOAP and REST APIs within your own API to further speed up development time and avoid reinventing the wheel.

Lesson 7

Documentation

Learn about the importance of documentation and easily implement it with the use of Swagger within your code.

Lesson 8

Unit & Integration Tests

Build unit and integration tests to give you confidence your application continues to work as intended after making new changes to your code.

Lesson 9 • Project

Build the Backend System for a Car Website

In this project, you'll create a REST API to store vehicle data, while consuming information regarding location and pricing data from external resources. Also, you'll document and test your API!

Course 4 • 3 weeks

Data Stores & Persistence

Build applications that read and write to relational databases using both the Java Persistence API (JPA) and SQL. Use standard design patterns to make your persistence layer easy to test and integrate with a Spring Boot application.

Lesson 1

Introduction to Data Stores & Persistence

An introduction to the Data Stores & Persistence course. You will learn about persisting data in web-based Java applications.

Lesson 2

Data in Multitier Architecture

This lesson discusses Entity design and the relationship between data in the various layers of your application.

Lesson 3

Java Persistence API (JPA)

We'll be looking at using JPA to manage the state of our Entities for us. We'll learn about the concept of a Persistence Context and using an Entity Manager to change the state of our Entities.

Lesson 4

Connecting To Data Sources

In this lesson, you'll set up an external database, connect to external databases, configure and initialize multiple data sources, and configure data sources for unit tests.

Lesson 5

Persistence Without JPA

In this lesson, we'll be covering initialization with SQL, Data Objects vs. Entities, Data Access Objects (DAOs), JdbcTemplate, and Performance.

Lesson 6 • Project

Critter Chronologer

Lesson 1

Introduction to Data Stores & Persistence

An introduction to the Data Stores & Persistence course. You will learn about persisting data in web-based Java applications.

Lesson 2

Data in Multitier Architecture

This lesson discusses Entity design and the relationship between data in the various layers of your application.

Lesson 3

Java Persistence API (JPA)

We'll be looking at using JPA to manage the state of our Entities for us. We'll learn about the concept of a Persistence Context and using an Entity Manager to change the state of our Entities.

Lesson 4

Connecting To Data Sources

In this lesson, you'll set up an external database, connect to external databases, configure and initialize multiple data sources, and configure data sources for unit tests.

Lesson 5

Persistence Without JPA

In this lesson, we'll be covering initialization with SQL, Data Objects vs. Entities, Data Access Objects (DAOs), JdbcTemplate, and Performance.

Lesson 6 • Project

Critter Chronologer

Taught By The Best

Peter Zastoupil

Instructor

Peter Zastoupil is an enterprise developer and technical administrator. He has seven years of on-the-job experience building features for massive enterprise Java servers, and over four years of teaching those skills to new developers.

Alex Pritchard

Senior Software Engineer

Alex is a Senior Software Engineer for CPA Global. He is excited to combine his background as a music educator with more than a decade of enterprise Java experience to help create this hands-on course about testing and deploying Java applications.

Kesha Williams

Instructor

Kesha has over 20 years experience in software development and is a software engineering manager at Chick-fil-A, routinely leading innovation teams in proving out the use of cloud services to solve complex business problems. She was recently named an Alexa Champion by Amazon.

Sareeta Panda

Instructor

Sareeta is a Java enthusiast and Senior Developer at Walmart e-Commerce. She specializes in Enterprise Application development with Java and Kafka, NoSQL, Spring security, and CI/CD. Sareeta has over a decade of experience, spanning recently acquired startups to top Fortune 500 companies.

Ratings & Reviews

Average Rating: 4.6 Stars

269 Reviews

Mochamad Ramdhanie M.

February 24, 2023

Instructor is good.

leo C.

February 23, 2023

Great learning experience. Udacity provides a self-paced learning experience. It is not like spoon-feeding every concept. we have to research our own and find out. Thats really improve our knowledge rather than listening to videos.

Dennis G.

December 4, 2022

Definitly a very allround program. Did ran into a lot of walls of the Spring Boot framework, mostly in the first project. Which was, tbh, utterly annoying. Not all the problems could easily be solved by reading material (finding the right material was harder then it looked). Mostly it was a situation were Spring Boot would explain how to do a scenario but the scenario would not cover cases that did not directly fit. This happened too many times in the first project, still I am left with many question marks about Spring Boot. Thinking that it might be a bit broken from the inside. But the course was great!

Muhammad A.

September 25, 2022

very very interesting and challenging course

Hang W.

August 8, 2022

This program is awsome and it meets all my expections.

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