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Java EE 8 and Angular

By : Prashant Padmanabhan
Book Image

Java EE 8 and Angular

By: Prashant Padmanabhan

Overview of this book

The demand for modern and high performing web enterprise applications is growing rapidly. No more is a basic HTML frontend enough to meet customer demands. This book will be your one-stop guide to build outstanding enterprise web applications with Java EE and Angular. It will teach you how to harness the power of Java EE to build sturdy backends while applying Angular on the frontend. Your journey to building modern web enterprise applications starts here! The book starts with a brief introduction to the fundamentals of Java EE and all the new APIs offered in the latest release. Armed with the knowledge of Java EE 8, you will go over what it's like to build an end-to-end application, configure database connection for JPA, and build scalable microservices using RESTful APIs running in Docker containers. Taking advantage of the Payara Micro capabilities, you will build an Issue Management System, which will have various features exposed as services using the Java EE backend. With a detailed coverage of Angular fundamentals, the book will expand the Issue Management System by building a modern single page application frontend. Moving forward, you will learn to fit both the pieces together, that is, the frontend Angular application with the backend Java EE microservices. As each unit in a microservice promotes high cohesion, you will learn different ways in which independent units can be tested efficiently. Finishing off with concepts on securing your enterprise applications, this book is a handson guide for building modern web applications.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)

Building an Issue Management System frontend

Before we begin building the Angular frontend app, let's go over the goal of the project once again.

The system will facilitate a user to access the list of issues and view its details. A user should also be able to create and update the issue. It would also be helpful to get updates about various issues in the system. The activities done for an issue can be tracked by means of comments added to it. It would also be nice to be able to chat with other users.

Part of the goal was addressed when we built the backend microservices. The services, when put together, provided the needed business logic and persistence of the domain model. Here's a logical view of a component-based angular app connected to the backend IMS microservices:

IMS angular app logical view with microservices

It is possible and often desirable to have the...