Consolidated References: Practicum in Software Construction

• Course Expectations, Version Control and Open Source

  • Git Manual:

    https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2

  • Open Source Definition:

    https://opensource.org/osd

  • Free Software Definition:

    https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html

  • License tl;dr:

    https://tldrlegal.com/

• Managing Dependencies. Introducing Spring

  • Maven 30 Minute Guide:

    https://maven.apache.org/guides/getting-started/index.html

  • Spring Rest Getting Started:

    https://spring.io/guides/gs/rest-service/

  • Semantic Versioning:

    https://semver.org/The formal definition is a bit stuffy. Points up 8 are important to understand though

• Using Java Spring to write HTTP Services

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• Using JUnit and Cucumber to test your code

  • Kent C Dodds - Testing:

    https://kentcdodds.com/blog/write-tests

  • JUnit 5:

    https://junit.org/junit5/docs/current/user-guide/

  • Cucumber:

    https://cucumber.io/docs/guides/

• Programming Best Practices: Functional and Immutable Programming

  • Why Immutability Matters:

    https://debugged.it/blog/why-immutability-matters/

  • Pure Functions Definition:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pure_function

• Thinking about software APIs

  • Example Solution: Assignment 3:

    https://github.com/RyanKadri/spring2021-practicum-examples/tree/main/6-apis/housing-data-example

  • Jeff Bezos API Mandate:

    https://nordicapis.com/the-bezos-api-mandate-amazons-manifesto-for-externalization/You won't be directly tested on this but it's

  • Stevey's Platform Rant:

    https://gist.github.com/chitchcock/1281611You also won't be tested on this but it's pretty famous and pretty entertaining

• Going from the IDE to the internet

  • SSH Basics:

    https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/ssh-essentials-working-with-ssh-servers-clients-and-keys

  • Installing Maven:

    https://maven.apache.org/install.html

  • SSH on Windows:

    https://www.howtogeek.com/336775/how-to-enable-and-use-windows-10s-built-in-ssh-commands/It sounds like ssh is included by default with Windows now as long as you're reasonably updated. This link might help if it's still not there

  • EC2 Reference:

    https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/amazon-linux-ami-mate.htmlDefinitely not something to read 100% cover to cover. But if you're curious or need details on a specific bit

• Deploying reliable services (and picking them up when they fall down)

• Setting up secure access to your account. Using a database

  • AWS S3 Client Reference:

    https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-java/latest/developer-guide/get-started.htmlIt looks like the quick start section of this documentation has a good starter for S3

• Using S3 from the Cloud. Exploring Dynamo

  • Dynamo Examples (GitHub):

    https://github.com/awsdocs/aws-doc-sdk-examples/tree/master/javav2/example_code/dynamodb

  • AWS Documentation - IAM Roles:

    https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles.htmlAWS Docs can be very verbose. I'd recommend maybe reading the linked session and one or two sub-sections underneath

• Automating your Cloud Deployments

  • Terraform AWS Reference:

    https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/aws/latest/docs

  • Installing Terraform:

    https://learn.hashicorp.com/tutorials/terraform/install-cli

• Modern application deployment

  • Terraform AWS Reference:

    https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/aws/latest/docs

  • Installing Terraform:

    https://learn.hashicorp.com/tutorials/terraform/install-cli