NANODEGREE PROGR AM SYLL ABUS

Java Web Developer

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Overview
The ultimate goal of the Java Web Developer Nanodegree program is to equip students with the unique
skills they need to build enterprise-scale applications with Java. A graduate of this program will be able to:
• Understand the fundamentals of the Spring Boot framework and associated integrations and plugins.
• Describe the differences between web services, APIs and microservices; develop REST and GraphQL
APIs; and learn how to secure, consume, document and test those APIs and web services.
• Build applications that read and write to relational databases using both the Java Persistence API (JPA)
and SQL. Use standard design patterns to make your persistence layer easy to test and integrate with a
Spring Boot application.
• Learn about Git, version control and best practices for authorization and authentication. Use Jenkins to
build CI/CD pipeline to deploy code to production.
This program is comprised of 4 courses and 4 projects. Each project you build will be an opportunity to
demonstrate what you’ve learned in the lesson, and will show potential employers that you have skills in
these areas.
Prerequisite Knowledge: Intermediate knowledge of Java. Some web development experience desirable, but
not required. Students should also be able to: initialize and use primitive Java data types (i.e. float, int, etc),
select and use Collections from java.util.Collections, design and create classes and class methods in
Java, create interfaces and subclasses in Java, launch Java applications from an IDE, and write basic queries
in SQL.

Estimated Time: Prerequisites:

4 Months at Intermediate Java
5-10hrs/week Programming

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Course 1: Spring Boots Basics
Learn the fundamentals of Java while being introduced to a Spring Boot framework and associated
integrations and plugins.

In this project, students will use the skills acquired in the first course
to build a web-based personal storage application: SuperDuperDrive!
Students will implement user-facing features like file, note and secure
credential storage with industry-standard, full-stack development
Course Project :
tools. Building on Spring Boot as a base, students will use Spring
Build a Web-based MVC and Thymeleaf to build a Java-backed web app. Using H2 as an
Personal Storage inmemory database, students will store user data with MyBatis, a
deadsimple ORM library and secure that data from unauthorized
Application
access with Spring Security. Finally, to round out the development
cycle and verify that the app is feature-complete, students will
implement a series of automated user tests with JUnit and Selenium.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Describe how the Java Application Server facilitates web

development
• Identify the role of a Servlet within a Java Application Server
Web Development • Identify the role of Spring as a Servlet application tool
LESSON ONE
in Java • Add and update project dependencies within a Maven
POMfile
• Choose appropriate starter packs for Spring depending on
the application’s requirements

• Set up and configure a working Spring Boot Environment for

web development
• Configure a Spring Boot application within Java using
annotations and factory methods
Spring Boot
• Identify Spring registered components in Java applications
LESSON TWO Basics for Web
based on Spring annotations
Development
• Annotate code to register custom components with a
Spring App
• Identify and customize essential properties for the
Spring Server

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 LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Design HTML templates with Thymeleaf and populate HTML

templates with Spring’s MVC data model
• Explain how a controller populates the data model for a
given view
Spring MVC and • Identify the relationship between controller endpoint return
LESSON THREE
Thymeleaf values and the templates that are displayed
• Identify the role of the model object passed to controller
endpoint methods
• Write variable resolution expressions within a ThymeLeaf
template to access model data

• Identify mappings between Java objects and SQL tables and

leverage those mappings to connect an application with a
data store
• Explain how ORM leverages similarities between Java data
types and SQL data types to reduce development time and
programmer error
• Write MYBatis SQL template queries using an application’s
Data Persistence data model
LESSON FOUR
and Security
• Explain how the @Mapper annotation functions in the Spring
App context as a component annotation
• Securely store user credentials in a database
• Query user information and identify accessible pages based
on that information
• Use Spring security to automatically filter web traffic based
on that information

• Use Selenium/Webdriver to automatically perform user

actions in order to test the functionality of web pages
• Define JUnit test classes with the @Test annotation
• Use the JUnit assertion class to test specific success or
failure points
• DRun a suite of JUnit tests from their IDE and interpret
the results
LESSON FIVE Testing
• Navigate to specific URLs with the Selenium web driver
• Interact with queried elements from Selenium in the manner
of a user to test that functionality exists as intended
• Write JUnit tests using these techniques to test individual
features of a web app
• Organize tests into Page objects so that the application
structure is mirrored by the test structure

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Course 2: Web Services and APIs
Explore the differences between web services, APIs and microservices. Develop REST and GraphQL APIs,
and learn how to secure, consume, document and test those APIs and web services.

In this course, the student will build a backend system for a website
of cars. This backend will be composed of vehicles list services,
pricing services, and location services as mentioned below: Vehicles
API — a REST API to maintain vehicles data (CRUD), Pricing Service
— a REST API to retrieve the price of a vehicle, and Location API —
a HTTP client to retrieve the location of the vehicle. In the project,
Course Project: students will use Java APIs and frameworks to integrate different
Build the Backend System services using different communication styles. Students will write the
CRUD operations to store and retrieve vehicle data and implement
for a Car Website an HTTP client to retrieve the address of the vehicle given the latitude
and longitude. Students will also integrate the clients (Vehicle API)
with pricing services to retrieve the price. Lastly, students will learn
to use Swagger to efficiently create documentation for their APIs.
During the development of these steps, the student will be guided to
write unit tests, error handling, logging and other best practices.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Describe web services and their advantages

Web Services & • Describe how web services communicate
LESSON ONE
APIs Overview • Explore the differences between web services, APIs
and microservices

• Describe the REST architectural style and the importance of

Develope REST data formats)
LESSON TWO APIs with Spring • Develop a REST API using Spring Boot and incorporate
Boot exception handling.
• Use proper HTTP response codes

• Describe GraphQL and its advantages over REST

Develop GraphQL • Create a GraphQL schema
LESSON THREE APIs with Spring
Boot • Develop a GraphQL server and API using Spring Boot
• Use GraphQL to execute queries and operations on data

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 LEARNING OUTCOMES

Develop • Describe the Microservices Architecture (MSA)

LESSON FOUR Microservices • Expose a microservice using Spring Boot
with Spring Boot • Register a microservice

• Describe Spring Security

Secure API
• Explain the differences between authentication vs
LESSON FIVE Endpoints with
authorization
Spring Security
• Incorporate Basic Authentication practices to secure an API

• Consume a REST API

Consume Web
LESSON SIX • Consume a SOAP-based web servicer
Services and APIs
• Fetch and process XML and JSON

• Describe Swagger, a n open-source software framework to

Document REST design, build, document, and consume RESTful web services
LESSON SEVEN
APIs • Add Swagger annotations to model
• Generate API documentation

• Describe and explain unit and integration testing

LESSON EIGHT Test REST APIs
• Incorporate unit and integration testing into a REST API

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Course 3: Data Stores & Persistence
Build applications that read and write to relational databases using both the Java Persistence API (JPA)
and SQL. Use standard design patterns to make your persistence layer easy to test and integrate with a
Spring Boot application.

Students will design and implement the data model for Critter
Chronologer, a Software as a Service application that provides a
scheduling interface for small businesses that take care of animals.
Course Project: This enterprise project will allow users to create schedules that
Design the Data Model for associate pets, owners and employees with calendar events.
Students will configure their application to connect to an external
a SaaS Application
database and use both JDBC and Hibernate to persist changes to it.
Basic CRUD operations will be exposed via a REST controller layer so
that students can test their application using Postman.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Design Entities that map Java data types to database

structures
Data in Multitier • Represent complex associations between Entities in
LESSON ONE persistence
Architecture
• Identify and select inheritance strategies
• Isolate Entity scope through the use of annotations and DTOs

• Understand and utilize key concepts in Object Relational

Mapping (ORM) such as Persistence Context and Entity
Manager, and learn about the Repository design pattern
• Propagate retrievals and persists with the help of Lazy
Java Persistence Loading and Cascading
LESSON TWO
API
• Write and execute object queries in Java using JPQL
• Build implementations for your Repository methods
automatically with Spring Data JPA
• Control the execution of queries through Transactions

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 LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Connect Spring Boot to both internal and external

data sources
Connecting to • Customize Spring DataSource construction and injection
LESSON THREE
Data Sources • Use Spring and Hibernate to automatically initialize your
data sources
• Configure unit tests to use different data sources

• Learn about the differences in Data Object design when

retrieving data with SQL
• Initialize Data Sources with SQL scripts
Persistence • Use the Data Access Object design pattern
LESSON FOUR
Without JPA • Execute SQL queries with JdbcTemplate and automatically
map the results to your Data Objects
• Decide when to use SQL and when to use Hibernate, and
learn how to combine them both in the same project

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Course 4: Security and DevOps
Learn about Git, version control and best practices for authorization and authentication. Use Jenkins to build a
CI/CD pipeline to deploy code to production.

In this project, students will add authorization using Spring Security

with OAuth and username/password combinations to an eCommerce
web application created in Spring Boot. Proper security and hashing
Course Project: will need to be implemented to store this data as well. Students will
Implement Authorization for identify the right metrics for an effective analytics environment and
use either Splunk or ELK to analyze the metrics. Students will also
an eCommerce Application
automate the configuration and deployment of these systems and
the application. Students will use Jenkins to integrate with their
version control and deploy their application to AWS.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Learn the basics of git such as branching, pull requests

LESSON ONE Git and merging
• Describe what version control is and means

• Identify the need for security in modern day web applications

Authorization and • Describe best practices for authorization and authentication
LESSON TWO
Authentication • Implement modern authorization and authentication
technologies such as password hashing and JWT

• Learn and use testing frameworks such as junit

LESSON THREE Testing • Describe the concept of code coverage and its importance
• Implement negative testing as well as happy path testing

• Identify important application metrics and log them

Loggin and • Send logs to Splunk
LESSON FOUR
Analytics • Create visualizations and dashboards in Splunk to display
those metrics

• Describe and explain CI/CD

• Create a build pipeline using Jenkins
LESSON FIVE Jenkins and CI/CD • Build a Docker Image
• Create a CI pipeline for a Docker Image
• Deploy Docker container in production

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Our Classroom Experience
REAL-WORLD PROJECTS
Build your skills through industry-relevant projects. Get
personalized feedback from our network of 900+ project
reviewers. Our simple interface makes it easy to submit
your projects as often as you need and receive unlimited
feedback on your work.

KNOWLEDGE
Find answers to your questions with Knowledge, our
proprietary wiki. Search questions asked by other students
and discover in real-time how to solve the challenges that
you encounter.

STUDENT HUB
Leverage the power of community through a simple, yet
powerful chat interface built within the classroom. Use
Student Hub to connect with your technical mentor and
fellow students in your Nanodegree program.

WORKSPACES
See your code in action. Check the output and quality of
your code by running them on workspaces that are a part
of our classroom.

QUIZZES
Check your understanding of concepts learned in the
program by answering simple and auto-graded quizzes.
Easily go back to the lessons to brush up on concepts
anytime you get an answer wrong.

CUSTOM STUDY PLANS

Work with a mentor to create a custom study plan to suit
your personal needs. Use this plan to keep track of your
progress toward your goal.

PROGRESS TRACKER
Stay on track to complete your Nanodegree program with
useful milestone reminders.

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Learn with the Best

Peter Zastoupil Kesha Williams

I N S T R U C TO R
I N S T R U C TO R
Peter Zastoupil is an enterprise developer Kesha has over 20 years experience in
and technical administrator. He has seven software development and is a software
years of on-the-job experience building engineering manager at Chick-fil-A,
features for massive enterprise Java routinely leading innovation teams in
servers, and over four years of teaching proving out the use of cloud services to
those skills to new developers. He enjoys solve complex business problems. She
music production and long walks with his was recently named an Alexa Champion
dog, Honeydew, in his free time. by Amazon.

Alex Pritchard Sareeta Panda

I N S T R U C TO R I N S T R U C TO R
Alex is a Senior Software Engineer for CPA Sareeta is a Java enthusiast and Senior
Global. He is excited to combine his Developer at Walmart e-Commerce. She
background as a music educator with more specializes in Enterprise Application
than a decade of enterprise Java development with Java and Kafka, NoSQL,
experience to help create this practical Spring security and CI/CD. Sareeta has over
course on Data Stores and Persistence. a decade of experience, spanning recent-
ly acquired startups to top Fortune 500
companies.

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All Our Nanodegree Programs Include:

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REVIEWER SERVICES

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• 1600+ Reviewers with a 4.85/5 average rating
• 3 hour average project review turnaround time
• Unlimited submissions and feedback loops
• Practical tips and industry best practices
• Additional suggested resources to improve

TECHNICAL MENTOR SUPPORT

MENTORSHIP SERVICES

• Questions answered quickly by our team of

technical mentors
• 1000+ Mentors with a 4.7/5 average rating
• Support for all your technical questions

PERSONAL CAREER SERVICES

C AREER SUPPORT

• Resume support
• Github portfolio review
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Frequently Asked Questions
PROGR AM OVERVIE W

WHY SHOULD I ENROLL?

Java is one of the most popular programming languages in the world, and
a majority of large enterprises rely on Java for their back-end architecture.
In this Nanodegree program, you’ll learn to build and deploy back-end
infrastructure(s) using Java, and graduates will have real-world projects to
share with current or prospective employers to demonstrate mastery of
these high-demand skills.

WHAT JOBS WILL THIS PROGRAM PREPARE ME FOR?

The addition of Java skills to your developer toolkit is an excellent move for
any developer seeking a critical career advantage. This program emphasizes
practical coding skills that demonstrate your ability to build, test and deploy
back-end infrastructure using Java, and will prepare you for a variety of
engineering roles that leverage the Java language.

It is designed for people with an existing background in programming who

are looking to build a strong foundation in Java to either advance within
their current field or position themselves to learn more advanced skills for a
career transition.

HOW DO I KNOW IF THIS PROGRAM IS RIGHT FOR ME?

If you are interested in building out the infrastructure that powers and
supports the many web, desktop, mobile and integrated applications in the
business world, this program is a great fit for you.

Additionally, if you are a developer who doesn’t have any back-end

experience, or a back-end developer who doesn’t know Java, this is a great
place to build upon your existing skill set.

ENROLLMENT AND ADMISSION

DO I NEED TO APPLY? WHAT ARE THE ADMISSION CRITERIA?

No. This Nanodegree program accepts all applicants regardless of experience
and specific background.

WHAT ARE THE PREREQUISITES FOR ENROLLMENT?

To enroll, you should have intermediate knowledge of Java. Some web
development experience is desirable, but not required:
- Initialize and use primitive Java data types (i.e. float, int, etc)
- Select and use Collections from java.util.Collections
- Design and create classes and class methods in Java
- Create interfaces and subclasses in Java
- Launch Java applications from an IDE
- Write basic queries in SQL

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FAQs Continued
IF I DO NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS TO ENROLL, WHAT SHOULD I DO?
If you believe you need more preparation, here are some additional
resources you can use:
- Introduction to Programming Nanodegree program
- Full Stack Web Developer Nanodegree program

TUITION AND TERM OF PROGR AM

HOW IS THIS NANODEGREE PROGRAM STRUCTURED?

The Java Web Developer Nanodegree program is comprised of content
and curriculum to support 4 (four) projects. We estimate that students can
complete the program in four 4 months, working 5-10 hours per week.

Each project will be reviewed by the Udacity reviewer network. Feedback

will be provided and if you do not pass the project, you will be asked to
resubmit the project until it passes.

HOW LONG IS THIS NANODEGREE PROGRAM?

Access to this Nanodegree program runs for the length of time specified above.
If you do not graduate within that time period, you will continue learning with
month to month payments. See the Terms of Use and FAQs for other policies
regarding the terms of access to our Nanodegree programs.

SOF T WARE AND HARDWARE

WHAT SOFTWARE AND VERSIONS WILL I NEED IN THIS PROGRAM?

There are no software and version requirements to complete this Nanodegree
program. All coursework and projects can be completed via Student Workspaces
in the Udacity online classroom.

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