# Java Web Project Checklist

## Project Planning Phase

### Requirements Analysis

- [ ] Business requirements documented
- [ ] User stories defined
- [ ] Functional requirements specified
- [ ] Non-functional requirements identified
- [ ] UI/UX requirements gathered
- [ ] Database requirements defined
- [ ] Security requirements specified
- [ ] Performance requirements defined

### Architecture Design

- [ ] System architecture designed
- [ ] Technology stack selected (Java 21, Spring Boot, Maven, AWS)
- [ ] Database schema designed
- [ ] Security architecture planned
- [ ] Deployment architecture defined
- [ ] Monitoring strategy planned
- [ ] Backup and recovery strategy defined

## Project Setup Phase

### Maven Configuration

- [ ] Maven project structure created
- [ ] pom.xml configured with Java 21
- [ ] Spring Boot parent POM included
- [ ] Required dependencies added
- [ ] Maven compiler plugin configured
- [ ] Spring Boot Maven plugin configured
- [ ] Build profiles configured

### Development Environment

- [ ] Java 21 JDK installed and configured
- [ ] IDE configured for Java 21 and Spring Boot
- [ ] Maven wrapper configured
- [ ] Git repository initialized
- [ ] Development database configured
- [ ] Local development environment tested

## Web Development Phase

### Spring Boot MVC Setup

- [ ] Spring Boot Web starter added
- [ ] MVC configuration completed
- [ ] Controller classes created
- [ ] Request mapping configured
- [ ] Exception handling implemented
- [ ] Validation configured
- [ ] Static resources configured

### Frontend Implementation

- [ ] Thymeleaf templates created
- [ ] CSS/JavaScript resources added
- [ ] Form handling implemented
- [ ] Client-side validation added
- [ ] Responsive design implemented
- [ ] Cross-browser compatibility tested

### Data Layer

- [ ] Spring Data JPA configured
- [ ] Entity classes created
- [ ] Repository interfaces defined
- [ ] Database migrations created
- [ ] Data validation implemented
- [ ] Transaction management configured

## Security Implementation

### Spring Security Setup

- [ ] Spring Security dependency added
- [ ] Security configuration created
- [ ] Authentication mechanism implemented
- [ ] Authorization rules defined
- [ ] Password encoding configured
- [ ] Session management configured
- [ ] CSRF protection enabled

### Security Best Practices

- [ ] Input validation implemented
- [ ] SQL injection prevention
- [ ] XSS protection configured
- [ ] Security headers configured
- [ ] HTTPS configuration planned
- [ ] Security testing performed

## Testing Implementation

### Unit Testing

- [ ] JUnit 5 configured
- [ ] Test classes created for controllers
- [ ] Test classes created for services
- [ ] Test classes created for repositories
- [ ] Mock objects used appropriately
- [ ] Test coverage adequate (>80%)

### Integration Testing

- [ ] Spring Boot test annotations used
- [ ] Test profiles configured
- [ ] Database tests implemented
- [ ] Web layer tests implemented
- [ ] Security tests implemented
- [ ] End-to-end tests created

## AWS Deployment Phase

### Infrastructure Setup

- [ ] AWS account configured
- [ ] VPC and networking configured
- [ ] Security groups configured
- [ ] IAM roles and policies created
- [ ] RDS database instance created
- [ ] Application Load Balancer configured

### Containerization

- [ ] Dockerfile created
- [ ] Multi-stage build implemented
- [ ] Docker image optimized
- [ ] Container security hardened
- [ ] Health checks implemented
- [ ] Docker Compose configured for local testing

### Deployment Configuration

- [ ] ECS/EKS cluster configured
- [ ] Service definition created
- [ ] Task definition configured
- [ ] Auto-scaling configured
- [ ] Load balancing configured
- [ ] Deployment pipeline configured

### Monitoring and Logging

- [ ] CloudWatch logging configured
- [ ] Application metrics configured
- [ ] Health check endpoints implemented
- [ ] Error tracking configured
- [ ] Performance monitoring setup
- [ ] Alerting configured

## Documentation and Handover

### Technical Documentation

- [ ] README.md created with setup instructions
- [ ] API documentation generated
- [ ] Database schema documented
- [ ] Deployment guide written
- [ ] Configuration guide created
- [ ] Troubleshooting guide written

### Operational Documentation

- [ ] Monitoring guide created
- [ ] Backup procedures documented
- [ ] Disaster recovery procedures documented
- [ ] Security procedures documented
- [ ] Maintenance procedures documented
- [ ] Team handover completed

## Go-Live Validation

### Pre-Deployment Checks

- [ ] All tests passing
- [ ] Code review completed
- [ ] Security scan passed
- [ ] Performance testing completed
- [ ] Documentation reviewed
- [ ] Team training completed

### Deployment Validation

- [ ] Application deployed successfully
- [ ] Database migrations completed
- [ ] Health checks passing
- [ ] Monitoring active
- [ ] Load balancing working
- [ ] SSL certificates configured

### Post-Deployment Validation

- [ ] Application accessible
- [ ] All features working
- [ ] Performance metrics acceptable
- [ ] Error logging working
- [ ] Backup procedures tested
- [ ] Team notified of deployment