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yudaocode/springboot-labs

20,095JavaAudience · developerComplexity · 3/5DormantSetup · hard

TLDR

A comprehensive Java learning repository with 50,000+ lines of example code covering Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, message queues, and distributed transactions, organized into numbered labs with detailed articles.

Mindmap

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    What it does
      Spring Boot labs
      Spring Cloud labs
      Message queue labs
      Distributed transaction labs
    Topics covered
      Web APIs and WebFlux
      Caching and databases
      Security and OAuth2
      Message patterns
    Tech stack
      Spring Boot 2.X
      RabbitMQ Kafka
      Redis MongoDB
      Elasticsearch
    Use cases
      Learn enterprise patterns
      Reference implementations
      Production integration
      Deep technology study

Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Learn how to build scalable microservices using Spring Cloud and Dubbo with working code examples.

USE CASE 2

Understand message queue patterns like ordered messaging, transactions, and retries across RabbitMQ, Kafka, and RocketMQ.

USE CASE 3

Study how to implement distributed transactions across multiple databases in a microservices architecture.

USE CASE 4

Reference production-ready implementations of Spring Security, OAuth2, caching, and job scheduling in real applications.

Tech stack

JavaSpring BootSpring CloudRabbitMQKafkaRedisMongoDB

Getting it running

Difficulty · hard Time to first run · 1day+

Multiple services required: RabbitMQ, Kafka, Redis, MongoDB; each lab may need different infrastructure setup and configuration.

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In plain English

SpringBoot-Labs is a large Chinese-language learning repository containing over 50,000 lines of example Java code organized into six major topic tracks: Spring Boot 2.X, Spring Cloud, Spring Cloud Alibaba, Dubbo, Message Queues, and Distributed Transactions. Each topic has its own numbered lab directory with working code, accompanied by in-depth articles on iocoder.cn. The Spring Boot track covers beginner through advanced topics: setting up web APIs with SpringMVC, reactive web with WebFlux, API documentation with Swagger, input validation, WebSocket, database access with MyBatis and JPA, Redis caching, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, scheduled jobs with Quartz and XXL-JOB, file storage with MinIO, security with Spring Security and OAuth2, and many others. The message queue track covers RabbitMQ, RocketMQ, Kafka, ActiveMQ, and more, going beyond basic send/receive to cover cluster consumption, broadcast messaging, ordered messages, delayed messages, transactional messages, and retry logic. The distributed transactions track explains how to coordinate transactions across multiple services that each have their own database. The repository is aimed at Java developers who want to go deeper than the typical "getting started" article. The author's premise is that basic Spring Boot tutorials are widely available but deep, comprehensive treatments are rare, so the labs provide thorough coverage of each technology with production-relevant patterns. You would use this repository as a study and reference resource if you are a Java backend developer using the Spring ecosystem and want to understand how enterprise technologies integrate and work in depth.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Show me how to set up a Spring Boot microservice with Spring Cloud that connects to a message queue using the springboot-labs repository structure.
Prompt 2
I need to implement ordered message consumption in Kafka for my Spring Boot application, find the relevant lab in springboot-labs and explain the pattern.
Prompt 3
How do I coordinate transactions across multiple databases in a distributed system? Walk me through the distributed transactions lab in springboot-labs.
Prompt 4
Set up a Spring Boot application with Redis caching and MongoDB integration using the examples from springboot-labs.
Prompt 5
Explain how to implement OAuth2 authentication in a Spring Boot API using the security lab examples from springboot-labs.
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