Course Intro

Mike Calvo

mike@citronellasoftware.com

Course Instructors

• Adam Keyser
• Marc Kapke
• Mike Calvo

About Me

• 1999 MSSE Graduate – Instructor since 2000
• Engineering Director @ Target

Course Objectives

• Provide hands-on experience creating a functioning web application
• Provide an understanding of concepts required to implement a full-stack web application – Server – Data – Client – Deployment
• Learn implementation-specific details with Groovy, Grails, and AngularJS
• Divide time equally between server and client topics
• Inspire critical thought and debate

Course Non-objectives

• Detailed coverage of dev-ops
• Detailed coverage of cloud hosting options
• Comprehensive analysis of competing web technologies

Technologies

• Groovy: dynamic language based on the JVM
• SpringBoot: Java-based framework for simplified web deployments
• JavaScript: the language of the web
• AngularJS: popular single page application framework by Google
• Twitter Bootstrap: CSS and JavaScript library for responsive web UI

Why SpringBoot?

• Spring is popular Java library
• Integrates with many popular frameworks
• Simple deployments
• Testibility

Why Groovy?

• Dynamic languages are dominating the web (JavaScript, Ruby)
• Java is verbose and clumsy
• Great for parsing JSON

Why AngularJS?

• JavaScript development used to suck
• People realized it’s not going anywhere
• Great frameworks and patterns emerged
• Single-page apps are what people expect
• Latest in an evolution of single-page app frameworks

Other Server Options

• Node
• Rails
• Grails
• PHP
• .NET

Other Client Options

• ReactJS
• Ember
• VueJS
• Meteor
• Backbone

Grading

• 4 programming assignments: 25% each
• Evenly distributed throughout the course
• Must turn in every assignment to pass
• Options: solo or pair

Project Requirements

• Give me access to source code repository (GitHub, BitBucket, etc.)
• Project must build
• All requirements must be verified with passing tests
• Must be submitted to me by midnight of the due date
• Can be turned in one week late (minus letter grade)

Recommendations

• IntelliJ IDEA – Get an academic license
• Get familiar with Git
• Pick a partner today

Getting Help

• Your partner
• http://stackoverflow.com
  • Your question has likely been answered here
• Email/iMessage/Google Chat: mjcalvo@gmail.com
• Something Urgent: 612-760-0430

Questions?