AI Skill Report Card
Implementing Full Stack Java Solutions
Full Stack Java Engineering
Quick Start15 / 15
Java@RestController @RequestMapping("/api/users") public class UserController { @Autowired private UserService userService; @GetMapping public ResponseEntity<List<User>> getUsers() { return ResponseEntity.ok(userService.findAll()); } @PostMapping public ResponseEntity<User> createUser(@Valid @RequestBody CreateUserRequest request) { User user = userService.create(request); return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.CREATED).body(user); } }
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Reduce verbosity in best practices section - many points are basic Spring Boot knowledge Claude already has
Workflow13 / 15
Progress:
- Analyze requirements and design API contracts
- Set up Spring Boot project with required dependencies
- Implement domain models and repositories
- Create service layer with business logic
- Build REST controllers with proper validation
- Add security configuration (JWT/OAuth2)
- Write comprehensive tests (unit + integration)
- Set up database migrations and configurations
- Implement Angular frontend components
- Configure CI/CD pipeline
Spring Boot Project Structure
src/
├── main/
│ ├── java/
│ │ └── com/company/app/
│ │ ├── config/ # Security, DB config
│ │ ├── controller/ # REST endpoints
│ │ ├── dto/ # Request/Response objects
│ │ ├── entity/ # JPA entities
│ │ ├── repository/ # Data access
│ │ ├── service/ # Business logic
│ │ └── exception/ # Custom exceptions
│ └── resources/
│ ├── application.yml
│ └── db/migration/ # Flyway scripts
└── test/
└── java/ # Unit & integration tests
Recommendation▾
Combine similar pitfalls into fewer, more impactful points rather than listing 10+ separate items
Examples17 / 20
Example 1: Service Layer Implementation Input: User management requirements Output:
Java@Service @Transactional public class UserService { private final UserRepository userRepository; private final PasswordEncoder passwordEncoder; public UserService(UserRepository userRepository, PasswordEncoder passwordEncoder) { this.userRepository = userRepository; this.passwordEncoder = passwordEncoder; } public User create(CreateUserRequest request) { if (userRepository.existsByEmail(request.getEmail())) { throw new UserAlreadyExistsException("Email already registered"); } User user = User.builder() .email(request.getEmail()) .password(passwordEncoder.encode(request.getPassword())) .role(UserRole.USER) .createdAt(Instant.now()) .build(); return userRepository.save(user); } }
Example 2: Security Configuration Input: JWT authentication requirements Output:
Java@Configuration @EnableWebSecurity @EnableMethodSecurity public class SecurityConfig { @Bean public SecurityFilterChain filterChain(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception { return http .csrf(csrf -> csrf.disable()) .sessionManagement(session -> session.sessionCreationPolicy(STATELESS)) .authorizeHttpRequests(auth -> auth .requestMatchers("/api/auth/**").permitAll() .requestMatchers(HttpMethod.GET, "/api/users").hasRole("ADMIN") .anyRequest().authenticated()) .oauth2ResourceServer(oauth2 -> oauth2.jwt(Customizer.withDefaults())) .build(); } }
Example 3: Integration Test Input: User API testing requirements Output:
Java@SpringBootTest(webEnvironment = RANDOM_PORT) @Testcontainers class UserControllerIntegrationTest { @Container static PostgreSQLContainer<?> postgres = new PostgreSQLContainer<>("postgres:15"); @Autowired private TestRestTemplate restTemplate; @Test void shouldCreateUserSuccessfully() { CreateUserRequest request = new CreateUserRequest("test@example.com", "password123"); ResponseEntity<User> response = restTemplate.postForEntity("/api/users", request, User.class); assertThat(response.getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.CREATED); assertThat(response.getBody().getEmail()).isEqualTo("test@example.com"); } }
Recommendation▾
Add concrete Angular frontend integration example to match the full-stack promise in the description
Best Practices
- Use constructor injection over field injection for better testability
- Validate at controller boundaries using
@Validand custom validators - Handle exceptions globally with
@ControllerAdvice - Use DTOs for API contracts, keep entities internal
- Write tests first for complex business logic (TDD approach)
- Use Testcontainers for integration tests with real databases
- Configure profiles for different environments (dev, test, prod)
- Use OpenAPI annotations for API documentation
- Implement proper logging with structured JSON format
- Use database migrations (Flyway/Liquibase) for schema changes
Performance Optimization
- Use
@Transactional(readOnly = true)for read operations - Implement pagination for large datasets
- Use caching (
@Cacheable) for frequently accessed data - Optimize N+1 queries with
@EntityGraphor JOIN FETCH
Common Pitfalls
- Don't use
@Autowiredon fields - makes testing difficult - Don't expose entities directly in REST APIs - use DTOs
- Don't catch generic
Exception- handle specific exceptions - Don't use
@Transactionalon private methods - won't work due to proxy limitations - Don't forget to validate input at API boundaries
- Don't hardcode configuration - use
application.ymland profiles - Don't skip integration tests - unit tests alone aren't sufficient
- Don't use
Optional.get()without checkingisPresent() - Don't return null from service methods - use
Optionalor throw exceptions - Don't forget CORS configuration for Angular frontend integration
Database Pitfalls
- Don't use
CascadeType.ALLcarelessly - Don't fetch large datasets without pagination
- Don't ignore database constraints - let DB enforce data integrity
- Don't use
@GeneratedValuewithIDENTITYstrategy for batch operations