Build practical skills in RESTful API development with Spring Boot by creating a complete Pet Clinic backend application. Designed for learners seeking hands-on experience with Java REST API development, this course takes you from project setup and domain modeling to a functional, maintainable REST API.

You’ll configure a Maven-based Spring Boot project, create reusable JPA entity models, and develop data access layers with Spring Data JPA. You’ll strengthen API reliability by implementing custom exceptions and centralized error handling with @ControllerAdvice. You’ll also use Jackson serializers to control JSON output and create clean, secure API responses. As the project progresses, you’ll build REST controllers, connect service and repository layers, and implement CRUD operations through structured HTTP endpoints. What makes this course distinctive is its practical Pet Clinic case study, which brings domain modeling, persistence, exception handling, serialization, layered architecture, and REST controllers together in one project. By the end, you’ll be able to design and implement maintainable RESTful APIs with Spring Boot using a structured, layered approach.