Implementing REST Controllers with Service Oriented Architechture

This week, we focused on building the backend for our project application using service-oriented architecture (SOA). I haven’t done anything like this before, but it was neat to learn how services work together in SOA. Our lecture walked us through the implementation of controller classes. These are responsible for handling HTTP requests and interacting with the service layer. We structured our REST endpoints using Spring Boot annotations like @RestController, @GetMapping, @PostMapping, and @PutMapping. This helped us understand how controllers serve as the interface between clients and businesses.

We used tools like Postman to manually test REST endpoints and verify the correctness of our backend code. We also wrote JUnit tests for our controller classes using mocking frameworks like Mockito. Understanding how to structure these tests is essential for ensuring the reliability and maintainability of our backend code. Our reading focused on the code review process. The code review quiz reinforced best practices around reviewing new code, including the importance of API design, testing, and code maintainability. All of these concepts helped understand high-quality software through SOA, unit testing, and good collaboration.