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TLDR

A collection of hundreds of small, runnable Java and Spring code examples organized by topic, designed to teach specific concepts clearly without production complexity.

Mindmap

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    What it does
      Code examples
      Single concepts
      Working runnable code
    Organization
      Maven modules
      Topic-based folders
      Build profiles
    Tech Stack
      Java 8-25
      Spring Boot
      Maven
    Use Cases
      Learning Spring
      API examples
      Library integration
    Audience
      Java learners
      Spring developers
      Reference seekers

Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Learn how to build a REST API endpoint with Spring Boot by studying a working example.

USE CASE 2

Find code samples showing how to integrate a third-party library into a Java project.

USE CASE 3

Study design pattern implementations in Java with runnable, testable code.

USE CASE 4

Reference Spring Security configuration examples when setting up authentication in your application.

Tech stack

JavaSpring BootSpring FrameworkMavenJUnit

Getting it running

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min
Use freely for any purpose including commercial, as long as you keep the copyright notice.

In plain English

The eugenp/tutorials repository is a large collection of small, focused Java and Spring code examples maintained alongside the Baeldung learning website. Each module in the project covers one specific topic, for example, how to use a particular Spring Boot feature, a specific Java API, or a library integration. The goal is to give developers working, runnable code that demonstrates a single concept clearly, rather than a complete production application. The project is organized as a Maven multi-module build, which means each topic lives in its own subdirectory with its own build configuration. Because the full repo contains hundreds of modules, the project uses Maven build profiles to split them into groups based on Java version requirements (JDK 8, JDK 17, JDK 21, and newer versions) and test type (unit tests vs integration tests). You pick the profile matching your Java version and the type of tests you want to run, then build only the relevant subset rather than the whole repository at once. You would use this repository when you are learning Spring, Spring Boot, Spring Security, or core Java and want to see a working code example for a specific topic, say, how to configure a REST API endpoint, how to use a particular design pattern, or how to integrate with a third-party library. It is a reference companion to the Baeldung tutorials site rather than software you deploy. The tech stack is Java across all major recent versions (8 through 25), with Spring Boot as the primary framework and Maven as the build tool. Courses linked from the README provide paid structured learning built on top of these same examples.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Show me how to set up a basic REST API endpoint using Spring Boot with request/response examples from the tutorials repo.
Prompt 2
I need to integrate Hibernate with Spring Boot, find me a working code example that shows the configuration and entity setup.
Prompt 3
Explain how to use Spring Security to add JWT authentication to a REST API, using a code example from this tutorials collection.
Prompt 4
What's the best way to write unit tests for a Spring Boot service? Show me an example from the tutorials repo.
Prompt 5
I want to learn about dependency injection in Spring, walk me through a simple example from the tutorials codebase.
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