Full-Stack Java Development Boot Camp

JAVA TOOLS AND LANGUAGE CONCEPTS

• Create, debug, and compile Java terminal applications
• Write simple applications that utilize core Java types and syntax
• Use Maven to compile and run terminal applications
• Basic code push/pull with Git

OOP BASICS

• Design Java classes
• Compare and contrast the use of interfaces, composition, and inheritance
• Instantiate and reference common Java types

DATA STRUCTURES, COLLECTIONS, AND EXCEPTIONS

• Understand the advantages and disadvantages of common collection structures such as lists, arrays, stacks, and queues
• Load data from the file system
• Use streams and lambdas to process data
• Capture and gracefully handle application errors without crashing your program

SPRING BOOT AND REST

• Build a REST web service with Spring Boot
• Use dependency injection in a Spring Boot application
• Design a simple REST API
• Exercise a REST API with Postman
• Connect an existing HTML/CSS UI to a REST API

RELATIONAL DATA

• Read and interpret ERDs
• Use SQL to insert, update, read, and delete relational data
• Use Spring Jdbc Templates to manipulate relational data
• Use Spring Data JPA to manipulate relational data

GROUP IMPLEMENTATION AND INTERMEDIATE TESTING

• Develop web services in a team setting
• Use Pivotal Tracker for team development
• Use WebMvcTest to test controllers
• Use mocks and stubs in unit testing

CAPSTONE

• Take a concept from specification to completion

FRONT END FUNDAMENTALS

• Develop basic web pages using only HTML
• Learn the differences and purpose of semantic HTML tags
• Learn to deploy web pages using GitHub pages.
• Match design docs using CSS
• Render information dynamically to the page with AJAX and JavaScript

JAVASCRIPT

• Understand the syntactic and functional differences between Java and JavaScript.
• Add complex logic and functionality to websites using JavaScript.
• Understand functional programming

JAVASCRIPT FRAMEWORKS

• Understand the potential and power of the JavaScript framework
• Learn to create JavaScript components and passing data as well as state
• Create a full stack application using Spring Boot with a JavaScript framework front-end
• Understanding how to manage state at scale
• Testing in a component based system
• Using Sinon.JS to create fully modular tests

DEVOPS AND CI/CD

• Create a deployment pipeline
• Deploy a component to production with Jenkins
• Explain CI/CD
• CAPSTONE
• Student full-stack projects in response to an imagined client request