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Pivotal Certified Professional Core Spring 5 Developer Exam

A Study Guide Using Spring Framework 5

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  • Includes mock tests at the end of each chapter, with answers included in an appendix

  • The first study guide that helps you study for and pass the Pivotal Core Spring Certification exam

  • Helps you master the core principles of the popular Spring Framework 5

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  • ISBN: 978-1-4842-5136-2
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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
  2. Book Overview

    • Iuliana Cosmina
    Pages 1-21
  3. Spring Bean Lifecycle and Configuration

    • Iuliana Cosmina
    Pages 23-199
  4. Testing Spring Applications

    • Iuliana Cosmina
    Pages 201-276
  5. Aspect-Oriented Programming with Spring

    • Iuliana Cosmina
    Pages 277-323
  6. Data Access

    • Iuliana Cosmina
    Pages 325-493
  7. Spring Web

    • Iuliana Cosmina
    Pages 495-607
  8. Spring Security

    • Iuliana Cosmina
    Pages 609-675
  9. Spring REST

    • Iuliana Cosmina
    Pages 677-762
  10. Monitoring Spring Applications

    • Iuliana Cosmina
    Pages 763-817
  11. Spring and Kotlin

    • Iuliana Cosmina
    Pages 819-853
  12. Microservices with Spring Cloud

    • Iuliana Cosmina
    Pages 855-902
  13. Building Reactive Applications Using Spring

    • Iuliana Cosmina
    Pages 903-955
  14. Back Matter

    Pages 957-1007

About this book

Pass the Pivotal Certified Professional exam for Core Spring, based on the latest Spring Framework 5, using source code examples, study summaries, and mock exams. This book now includes WebFlux, reactive programming, and more found in Spring 5. You'll find a descriptive overview of certification-related Spring modules and a single example application demonstrating the use of all required Spring modules. 

Furthermore, in Pivotal Certified Professional Core Spring 5 Developer Exam, Second Edition, each chapter contains a brief study summary and question set, and the book’s free downloadable source code package includes one mock exam (50 questions – like a real exam). After using this study guide, you will be ready to take and pass the Pivotal Certified Professional exam.

When you become Pivotal Certified, you will have one of the most valuable credentials in Java. Pivotal certification helps you advance your skills and your career, and get the maximum benefit from Spring. Passing the exam demonstrates your understanding of Spring and validates your familiarity with: container-basics, aspect oriented programming (AOP), data access and transactions, Spring Security, Spring Boot, microservices, and Spring model-view-controller (MVC). Good luck!


What You Will Learn

  • Understand the core principles of Spring Framework 5
  • Use dependency injection
  • Work with aspects in Spring and do AOP (aspect oriented programming)
  • Control transactional behavior and work with SQL and NoSQL databases
  • Create and secure web applications based on Spring MVC
  • Get to know the format of the exam and the type of questions in it
  • Create Spring microservices applications


Who This Book Is For

Spring developers who have taken the Pivotal Core Spring class are eligible to take the Pivotal Certified Professional exam. 


Keywords

  • Spring developer
  • Pivotal
  • Certification
  • Spring Developer Exam
  • Java
  • Core Spring
  • Spring 5
  • Spring Framework
  • Spring Boot
  • study guide
  • exam
  • programming
  • software
  • development
  • source
  • code

Authors and Affiliations

  • Iasi, Romania

    Iuliana Cosmina

About the author

Iuliana Cosmina is currently a software engineer for NCR Edinburgh. She has been writing Java code since 2002 and contributed to various types of applications such as experimental search engines, ERPs, track and trace, and banking. During her career, she has been a teacher, a team leader, software architect, DevOps professional, and software manager. She is a Spring-certified Professional, as defined by Pivotal, the makers of Spring Framework, Boot, and other tools, and considers Spring the best Java framework to work with. When she is not programming, she spends her time reading, blogging, learning to play piano, travelling, hiking, or biking.

Bibliographic Information

Buying options

eBook USD 59.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • ISBN: 978-1-4842-5136-2
  • Instant PDF download
  • Readable on all devices
  • Own it forever
  • Exclusive offer for individuals only
  • Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout
Softcover Book USD 79.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)