Key Concepts in Assignment Development
Entity-Relationship Model
- Understanding how to design the database schema for assignments.
- Entity, Relationship, Attributes, and Foreign Keys are essential terms.
RESTful APIs
- Building APIs to create, read, update, and delete assignments.
- Learning about HTTP methods, endpoints, and request/response formats.
Spring Framework
- Utilizing Spring for building robust and maintainable applications.
- Key components include Spring Boot, Spring Data JPA, and Spring MVC.
Database Interactions
- Storing and retrieving assignment data in a relational database.
- Key terms: JPA, SQL queries, Hibernate.
Data Validation
- Implementing validation rules for assignment data to ensure data integrity.
- Concepts like validation annotations, error handling, and exception handling.
Security
- Ensuring secure access to assignment data and APIs.
- Key terms: authentication, authorization, and encryption.
Version Control (Git)
- Managing code changes efficiently using Git for collaboration.
- Learning about commits, branches, and pull requests.
Testing
- Writing tests to verify the correctness of assignment-related code.
- Concepts include unit testing, integration testing, and test frameworks.
Documentation
- Creating clear and comprehensive documentation for assignments.
- Understanding the importance of API documentation, readme files, and code comments.
GitHub
- Using GitHub for version control and collaboration.
- Concepts such as repositories, forks, and merge requests are important.
Continuous Integration (CI)
- Implementing CI pipelines for automated testing and deployment.
- Key terms: Travis CI, Jenkins, and Docker.