Is it Possible to take Spring Professional v5.0 Certification without the Official Training course?

Just a couple of years ago, It wasn't possible to take Spring Professional certification without a mandatory expensive training course from VMWARE, but now you can take Spring Certification without a training course. Yes, you read it correctly, it's now possible to become Spring certified developer without spending USD 3200 on mandatory Spring training, like the Core Spring training. For years, Pivotal, the company behind the Spring framework (now VMware) ensured that a Java developer can only get a Spring Professional certification by first going into a 4-day training run by Pivotal and its partner around the world.

How to Pass Spring Professional 5.0 Certification (VMware EDU-1202) in 2025 [UPDATED]

Hello guys, if one of your new year goals is to pass the Spring Developer Certification this year and wondering where to start then you have come to the right place. In this, article, I'll tell you how to prepare for Spring Professional v 5.0 certification (VMware EDU-1202)  and useful resources to pass the exam on the first attempt. If you have been self-preparing for Spring Professional 5.0 exam, then you might have struggled with which topics to prepare and which topics to leave out. I often receive questions like does Spring Boot is part of Core Spring certification? Will there be any questions from Spring Security and Spring Data? Does Spring Cloud also part of this exam or not? Unfortunately, there is no detailed, semester syllabus for VMware's Core Spring certification (VMware EDU-1202) 

How to Prepare for VMware EDU 1202 - Spring Professional v.5.0 Certification Exam in 2025 [UPDATED]

Hello guys, If you have been doing Java development then you may know the benefits of the Spring Framework that make it one of the best Java frameworks in the community. As an open-source framework, Spring offered the opportunity to build applications on the Java Enterprise Edition platform. First introduced in October 2002, Spring Framework obtained a recent stable release in the form of Spring v5.0 which brought things like Reactive programming and WebFlux. There is a huge demand for Java developers with Spring experience, in fact, Spring is often considered as the most important skill while hiring Java developers and many companies prefer to hire those candidates who have Spring Professional certification in their resume.

Top 5 Spring Certification Books and Courses for Java Developers in 2025 - Best of Lot

If you are preparing for Spring Professional certification (VMware EDU-1202) and looking for the best books, online courses, and practice tests for your preparation then you have come to the right place. As an author of a Java blog and a medium publication, I often receive questions about how to self-prepare for a technical certification like Spring Professional v5.0 certification from Pivotal, and which are the best books and courses to prepare for Spring Core certification? After answering a couple of my readers over Facebook chats and linking in, I decided to jot down my recommendations. Books, Online Courses, Study Guides, and Practice tests are some of the important resources to prepare for Spring certifications.

Top 5 Resources to become a Certified Spring Developer Professional in 2025

Ever since Pivotal has announced that Spring training is not mandatory for becoming a Certified Spring developer (now VMware EDU-1202), more and more experienced Java programmers who have been using Spring for years are preparing for this certification exam. This is obvious because the expensive Spring training, which cost around 32000 USD in the USA and most Western nations and about 50,000 INR in India, was the biggest hurdle in getting Spring certified and becoming a certified Spring professional. 

What is @PropertySource Annotation in Java and Spring? PropertySource Example Spring Boot

Hello Java developers, if you are using Spring Framework or Spring Boot in your new project and wondering what is property source in Spring Framework and how to use @PropertySource annotation then you have come to the right place. Earlier, I have shared the best books and online courses to learn Spring Framework and in this article, I will teach you how to use @PropertySource annotation in Spring to read Environment variables and inject properties using @Value annotation. In the Spring application, one of the files that are needed to provide properties to the Spring environment is the @Configuration classes. 

Top 5 Free & Paid Spring Certification Courses and Practice Tests

Many Java developers don't know that, similar to Oracle's Java certification, there is also a Spring certification program, which certifies yourself for your Spring framework skill. There are three Spring certifications currently available, the Spring Professional certification exam, also known as the Vmware Certified Spring Professional exam (VMware EDU-1202) which certifies on your general knowledge about Spring framework, Spring MVC skill, Spring Boot, Spring Data JPA, Testing with Spring and Spring Boot, and other advanced Spring skills. Earlier, SpringSource provides these certifications, but now they are provided by Vmware, the company behind the Spring framework.

How to Schedule Spring Professional Certification Exam (VMware EDU-1202) Online? [Guide]

Hello folks, even since Pivotal made the mandatory training optional for Spring certification, I have been writing a lot about Spring 5.0 Core Professional exam here. In the past, I have written about general preparation tips, books, coursesmock tests. So, after months of hard work and preparation, you are finally ready for the day. In order to schedule for the Spring certification exam, you first need to buy an exam voucher from Vmware's website. If you have taken their training course like the Core Spring training course, then you also receive a free voucher for 1 attempt.