The welcome project

The goal of this mini-project is to refresh your Java / JEE skills in a 4 day rush team-effort.
This project requires both Backend (Java/JEE), SQL, Ops & Frontend skills (JSP, HTML, JavaScript).
The 4-day project has to be released in production on a dedicated server, and demonstrated by the team in a full-house presentation.

Pool Conditions

You will develop your project as a team, with minimum Agile management (we recommend the Kanban method).
One git repository will be given to the team and shall be used properly. The workflow details are left to the team's appreciation.

Every day, the team will be able to attend a retrospective at the time of their choice, in presence of a coach, to discuss the following matters:

• The challenges encountered the day before
• The current tasks, the remaining tasks
• The global workflow efficiency

In terms of team work, you are free to try anything you want.
Do not hesitate to try out eXtreme Programming concepts such as Pair Programming, Code Reviews, Test-Driven Development, and take the time to plan important parts of your project in common.

In terms of delivery, these are the requirements:

• Clean & commented code
• Use of the whole JEE stack is allowed (JSP, Servlet, JSTL, JSF?, JPA, JTA, EJB, ...)
• Use of EclipseLink ORM is allowed
• Use of spring is not allowed

The Project

The project consists of a JEE webapp.
Your goal is to create an administration panel to manage a schedule of code reviews and milestones. In particular, the following items will be implemented:

• Create a new member: name, email, birthdate, class
• Create a new class: name, members
• Create a code review schedule: name, description, datetime, class

A member can be edited and belongs to a class. It has both a name, an email and a birthdate.
A class is a group of members. The name refers to their arrival date (Class of February 2017 for instance). It needs a name and has between 0 and an infinity of members. Users are members of zero to one class at most.
A code review is a meeting for members of a class. It must have a date & hour, a name, a description, and of course the targeted class.

You don't need to implement security like login or user account at the moment. We provide you the front pages but you'll need to edit it.

Setup environment

MySQL Database

First, install a local MySQL server & a SQL administration tool (MySQL Workbench or PhpMyAdmin).

Your IDE

For this exercise, you will have to use Eclipse.
Install the latest Wildfly application server. Search & read the docs to know how to do :)

Git repository

A new repository will be provided, with owner rights.
Everyone must be able to push code on the repository. The important fact here is to create your orwn team workflow.

Project Architecture

Take your time and brainstorm in group to create a clean architecture for the project. We advise to use the EclipseLink ORM for data persistence in your project, through JPA. Create the main architecture for your web app.

Integration

Download the provided web architecture in the resources directory. Integrate it in your project. Use a nice calendar widget in the code review creation form.

Release & Demo

• For your release, we will provide you with a public server instance. You will need to release your code in production before the demonstration, along with the source code.
• Your demo must be following a client perspective. You are making the demonstration for the project they have asked you to deliver. Two parts can be prepared. The first part refers mostly to showing what you have done, and how you made things. The second part explains your technical choices, and your roadmap for further improvements.

Provided content

We provided you with some content to help you bootstrap your work.

• HTML architecture
• Bootstrap 3
• Jquery 3
• Font Awesome 4

Pages:

• add_event.html
• add_member.html
• add_promotion.html
• index.html

Bonus

All is done on day 3? Here are a few features we as a customer would have loved to have available.

• Add a fullscreen Timer countdown page for the next code review, for each class (to display on a TV Screen)
• Add a search bar
• Handle multiple timers
• Add the ability to assign a reviewer to a code review
• Connect to Google Agenda API
• Send notification emails (reminders)
• Implement front validation with jQuery
• Implement backend tests