Gradebook

This Gradebook API was created using the Java Spring Boot API.

Gradebook RESET API Documentation

Run application and visit link
http://localhost:8080/swagger-ui/

Features

Controllers

• Returns Response Entity's to have full control of the HTTP Response
  • Status Codes, Headers, and Body
• Throws Exceptions when an issue occurs

Services

• Handles the conversion Entity & Data Transfer Objects
• Serves helpful data:
  • Find missing Assignments for a given Student
  • Find Minimum, Average, and Maximum Grade for given Assignment
  • Calculates Letter Grade for Course
  • Find Courses without Professors

Hibernate

• Uses JPQL Queries to fetch data from MySQL Database

Aspect Oriented Programming

• Logging
  • Implements basic logging for application flow
    • Before and AfterReturning Method calls

Spring Security

• Work in Progress

TODO

• Spring Security

  • Create Security checks at Service layer @PreAuthorize
  • Store User and Authorities in Database
  • Create Person Class that Student, Professor & Admin can extend from
    • Should User extend Person?
  • Create a link between Users and Student/Teacher
    • Spring Security ACL (Access Control List) seems to be the option.
      • ACL specifies which identities are granted which operations on a given object
      • Spring Security Access Control List is a Spring component which supports Domain Object Security. Simply put, Spring ACL helps in defining permissions for specific user/role on a single domain object
        • instead of across the board, at the typical per-operation level.

• Improve Response Entity Status Codes

• Improve thrown Exceptions

  • Ensure proper Exceptions are thrown
  • Ensure Exceptions are handled properly

• Find more edge cases