Build and secure an API (and a job offer!) with Spring Boot and Kotlin

This one has it all: Kotlin development, authorization in APIs, Spring Boot, learning unfamiliar frameworks, and landing a job during a pandemic.

This talk is about building and securing an API with Spring Boot and Kotlin, but from the perspective of a job-seeker in the summer of 2020. I was a candidate for a developer advocate position at Auth0 and had passed all the interviews. All that remained was the assignment, which was to write an article and accompanying code that demonstrated the use of Auth0 in a Spring Boot project. As a mobile developer, my first task was obvious…

…find out what this “Spring Boot” thing was.

If you’re new to Spring Boot, this talk is for you since I’ll walk you through the process of building an API in it. If you’re new to Kotlin, you’ll get to see it in action. If you’re new to OAuth and Auth0 (and wondering why the names are so similar), I’ll explain. And if you’re going to be in a job interview or doing a take-home assignment for a job, I’ll share some tips and tricks.

Speaker: Joey deVilla