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Develop applications using a version control system such as Git.
Assessment Strategies
Skill demonstration and discussion
Lab assignments
Major course projects
Criteria
You install and configure a version control system in your local development environment
You use a version control system to manage all course work
You use a version control system in a team environment
You describe the purpose and benefits of using a version control system
You follow best practices for using a version control system
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Develop test modules using the JUnit framework.
Assessment Strategies
Skill demonstration and discussion
Lab assignments
Major course projects
Criteria
You design and build applications that include unit tests
You follow best practices for implementing unit tests in applications
Project code coverage report shows an appropriate level of unit test coverage for the application
Unit test suite passes (no test failures)
You write both positive and negative unit tests
You use set up and tear down test methods to eliminate redundant code
Unit test methods are independent and single purpose
You write testable code
You describe the purpose and benefits of unit testing
You explain how unit testing is implemented in your applications
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Integrate logging into applications.
Assessment Strategies
Skill demonstration and discussion
Lab assignments
Major course projects
Criteria
You design, build and deploy applications using a logging framework, such as Log4J
You follow best practices for implementing logging in applications
You use the logging framework in place of println()-type statements in your applications
You use log statements to facilitate debugging and error tracking in your applications
You use configurable logging levels in your applications
You describe the purpose and benefits of using a logging framework in applications
You explain the techniques used to implement logging in your applications
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Develop applications using Data Access Objects (DAOs).
Assessment Strategies
Skill demonstration and discussion
Lab assignments
Major course projects
Criteria
You design, build and deploy applications that use DAOs to isolate all data access to its own layer
You follow best practices for implementing DAOs in applications
You describe the purpose and benefits of using DAOs in applications
You explain the techniques used to implement DAOs in your applications
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Develop applications using a data access framework like Hibernate.
Assessment Strategies
Skill demonstration and discussion
Lab assignments
Major course projects
Criteria
You design, build and deploy applications using a data access framework
You follow best practices for using the selected data access framework
You describe the purpose and benefits of using a data access framework in applications
You explain the techniques used to implement DAOs in your applications
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Develop secure applications using the current Java SE security APIs.
Assessment Strategies
Skill demonstration and discussion
Lab assignments
Major course projects
Criteria
You design, build and deploy applications that include a security policy
You follow best practices for implementing security in applications
You restrict access to some application resources to certain users
You allow access to some application resources to everyone
You describe the purpose and benefits of using Java SE security in applications
You explain the techniques used to implement and enforce security in your applications
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Develop web services.
Assessment Strategies
Skill demonstration and discussion
Lab assignments
Major course projects
Criteria
You design, build and deploy web services
You follow best practices for writing web services
You create user documentation for the web services that you write
You explain the techniques used to write a web service
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Develop applications that consume web services.
Assessment Strategies
Skill demonstration and discussion
Lab assignments
Major course projects
Criteria
You research and identify web services that add business value to your applications
You design, build and deploy applications that consume one or more web services
You follow best practices for consuming web services in your applications
You describe the purpose and benefits of consuming web services in applications
You explain the techniques used to implement a web service in your application
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Develop applications using Enterprise JavaBean (EJBs).
Assessment Strategies
Skill demonstration and discussion
Lab assignments
Major course projects
Criteria
You design, build and deploy applications that use EJBs
You follow best practices for using EJBS your applications
You describe the purpose and benefits of EJBs
You explain the techniques used to implement EJBs in applications
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Research and implement new technologies, tools, and techniques
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Design, develop, and deploy Java apis/Java web services in a development team
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Design, develop, and deploy a database-driven Java web application