Build cloud-native development skills with Spring Cloud Developer Training, a practical program designed for Java and Spring professionals who want to develop scalable, resilient, and distributed applications. The course provides a structured approach to applying Spring Cloud technologies to modern enterprise and microservices development.
Course Overview:
Spring Cloud Developer Training is an advanced, hands-on course designed for experienced Java and Spring developers who want to build scalable, resilient, and cloud-native applications using the Spring Cloud ecosystem. The course focuses on the architectural challenges that arise when developing and operating distributed applications within a microservices architecture.
Participants will explore cloud-native and microservices patterns using Spring Cloud and Netflix technologies, with an emphasis on addressing common distributed-system challenges such as service communication, configuration, fault tolerance, resilience, and scalability. The training helps learners understand not only how to implement Spring Cloud solutions, but also when to use them and the trade-offs associated with different architectural approaches.
Through practical exercises and development scenarios, participants will examine how distributed applications behave during development and runtime, how failures can affect interconnected services, and how Spring Cloud capabilities can be used to create more reliable systems. The course connects architectural concepts with practical implementation, enabling developers to make informed decisions when designing cloud-native REST applications and microservices.
By the end of the training, participants will have a deeper understanding of Spring Cloud architecture, distributed systems, microservices patterns, and fault-tolerant application development, providing a strong foundation for building enterprise-ready cloud applications.
Course Objectives:
Pre-requisites:
- This course assumes you have significant Java experience, and one of the following:
- Completion of the VMware Pivotal Labs: Master Class for Developers (Java) course
- Completion of VMware Tanzu’s Spring Core or Spring Boot course
Target Audience:
This Spring Cloud Developer Training is designed for experienced Java and Spring professionals who want to develop advanced skills in building, designing, and maintaining cloud-native and microservices-based applications.
- Java Developers – Experienced Java developers who want to expand their skills into cloud-native application and microservices development.
- Spring Developers – Developers with existing Spring or Spring Boot experience who want to apply Spring Cloud technologies to distributed applications.
- Spring Boot Developers – Professionals looking to progress from standalone Spring Boot applications to scalable microservices architectures.
- Microservices Developers – Developers who want to understand and implement patterns for service communication, fault tolerance, resilience, and distributed application management.
- Cloud Application Developers – Professionals interested in designing and developing scalable applications for modern cloud environments.
- Software Engineers – Experienced engineers who want to strengthen their knowledge of distributed systems and cloud-native Java development.
- Backend Developers – Developers who want to build resilient REST-based services and distributed backend applications using the Spring ecosystem.
- Solution and Application Architects – Technical professionals who need to understand the architectural benefits, limitations, and trade-offs of Spring Cloud solutions.
- DevOps and Platform Engineers – Professionals who work with distributed applications and want to better understand the development and operational considerations of Spring Cloud architectures.
- Enterprise Development Teams – Technical teams looking to adopt microservices and cloud-native patterns for scalable and fault-tolerant enterprise applications.
Recommended Background: Participants should have significant Java development experience and a solid understanding of Spring or Spring Boot. Completion of a Spring Core or Spring Boot training course, or equivalent professional experience, is recommended before attending this advanced course.
Course Duration:
- 21 hours – 3 days
Course Content:
- Examine Problems of Distributed Systems and the associated Fault Tolerance patterns
- Examine how Distributed applications contribute to development and runtime of Cloud Native REST applications
- Examine how Distributed applications impact software systems fault tolerance
- Examine development impacts of implementing Spring Cloud solutions
- Contrast the benefits and trade-offs of Spring Cloud solutions
- Implement Spring Cloud solutions
