🌟 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐌𝐲 2-𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐭 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲

Over the past 2 years at my company, I’ve followed this exact roadmap to grow from a beginner to confidently building scalable backend systems.
Now, I’m sharing the same step-by-step guide — complete with phases, projects, and timelines — to help you master Spring Boot too! 💻🚀

🟢 𝐏𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞 1: 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 (1–2 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬)

• Java Core Refresher
• Maven/Gradle Basics
• Spring Framework Intro
• Spring Boot Basics & Setup

🕒 Time: ~10–15 hours

🟡 𝐏𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞 2: 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐭 (2–3 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬)

• REST APIs with Spring Web
• Annotations & Dependency Injection
• Configuration & Profiles
• Exception Handling

🕒 Time: ~20–25 hours
🛠 Project: CRUD API (e.g., Book Manager)

🟠 𝐏𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞 3: 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 & 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 (2 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬)

• Spring Data JPA
• Hibernate Basics
• Database Integration (MySQL/PostgreSQL)
• Repository Pattern

🕒 Time: ~15–20 hours
🛠 Project: Employee Management System

🔵 𝐏𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞 4: 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 & 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 (2–3 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬)

• Spring Security (JWT, Roles)
• Unit & Integration Testing
• Mocking with Mockito

🕒 Time: ~20–25 hours
🛠 Project: Secure Task Manager API

🟣 𝐏𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞 5: 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐬 (3–4 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬)

• Dockerizing Spring Boot Apps
• Messaging (Kafka/RabbitMQ)
• Redis Caching
• Monitoring & CI/CD

🕒 Time: ~30–40 hours
🛠 Capstone: Microservices-based E-commerce Backend

🔚 𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭, 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐭 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲!

💬 Got questions or want project ideas? Drop a comment — let’s grow together! 🌱