3-Month Spring Boot Developer Roadmap
■ OVERVIEW
Goal: Be able to build, test, and deploy full-stack (backend) Spring Boot REST APIs.
Time: 3 months × 30 days × 3 hours/day = ~270 hours total.
Structure:
- Month 1: Java + OOP + Core Spring
- Month 2: Spring Boot + JPA + REST + Security
- Month 3: Microservices + Testing + CI/CD + Projects
■ MONTH 1 — Java & Spring Core Fundamentals (Days 1–30)
Learn Java fundamentals, OOP, collections, exceptions, streams, and core Spring concepts (IoC, DI, Beans). Project:
Employee CRUD App using Spring Core + JDBC Template.
■ MONTH 2 — Spring Boot, REST APIs, and JPA (Days 31–60)
Master Spring Boot, JPA/Hibernate, REST APIs, and validation. Project: Library Management REST API (CRUD for
Books + Users) with JPA and validations.
■ MONTH 3 — Advanced Topics, Security, Testing, Deployment (Days 61–90)
Build production-grade microservices with security, testing, and CI/CD. Project: Library Management System
(Microservices) with JWT Security, Docker, and Cloud Deployment.
■ TOOLS & TECHNOLOGIES
- IDE: IntelliJ / VS Code / Eclipse
- Build: Maven / Gradle
- DB: MySQL / PostgreSQL
- API Test: Postman
- Version Control: Git + GitHub
- Deployment: Docker + AWS / Render
- Docs: Swagger / SpringDoc
■ DAILY STRUCTURE (3 HOURS/DAY)
- 1 hour → Learn (watch/read)
- 1.5 hours → Code / practice / small exercises
- 0.5 hour → Review + notes + Git commit
■ RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
- Java: "Java: A Beginner’s Guide" by Herbert Schildt
- Spring Boot: Official Spring Boot Docs
- JPA: Baeldung JPA Tutorials
- Security: Java Brains – Spring Security YouTube
- Practice: LeetCode (Basic Java), Postman API Testing