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Enterprise Application Development with Ext JS and Spring

By : Gierer
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Enterprise Application Development with Ext JS and Spring

By: Gierer

Overview of this book

Spring and Ext JS are cutting edge frameworks that allow us to build high performance web applications for modern devices, that are now consuming data at a faster rate than ever before. It is the appropriate time for you to understand how to best leverage these technologies when architecting, designing, and developing large scale web development projects. This practical guide condenses an approach to web development that was gained from real world projects, and outlines a simple, practical approach to developing high performance, and enterprise grade web applications. Starting with configuring Java, NetBeans, and MySQL to prepare your development environment, you will then learn how to connect your NetBeans IDE to the MySQL database server. We will then explore the Task Time Tracker (3T) project database structure and populate these tables with test data. Following on from this, we will examine core JPA concepts after reverse engineering the domain layer with NetBeans. Leveraging the Data Access Object design pattern, you will learn how to build the Java DAO implementation layer assisted by generics in base classes, followed by a Data Transfer Object enabled service layer to encapsulate the business logic of your 3T application. The final chapters that focus on Java explore how to implement the request handling layer using Spring annotated controllers, and deploy the 3T application to the GlassFish server. We will then configure the Ext JS 4 development environment and introduce key Ext JS 4 concepts, including MVC and practical design conventions. Covering a variety of important Ext JS 4 strategies and concepts, you will be fully-equipped to implement a variety of different user interfaces using the Ext JS MVC design pattern. Your journey ends by exploring the production build and deployment process using Maven, Sencha Cmd and GlassFish.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
14
A. Introducing Spring Data JPA
15
Index

Unit testing overview


Unit testing is a strategy for testing discrete units of source code. From a programmer's perspective, a unit is the smallest testable part of an application. A unit of source code is usually defined as a public method that is callable within the application and has a specific purpose. Unit testing of the DAO layer will ensure that each public method has at least one appropriate test case. In practice, we will need many more test cases than just a single one for each public method. For example, every DAO find(ID) method requires at least two test cases: one with an outcome returning a valid found object and one with an outcome that does not find a valid object. As a result, for every line of code written, developers often need several lines of test code.

Unit testing is an art form that takes time to master. Our goal is to establish a set of tests that cover as many scenarios as possible. This is inherently opposite to what we are trying to achieve as developers, where...