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Java API Project Checklist
API Planning Phase
Requirements Analysis
- API requirements documented
- Endpoints defined
- Request/response models designed
- Authentication requirements specified
- Rate limiting requirements defined
- Data validation requirements specified
- Error handling requirements defined
- Documentation requirements specified
API Design
- RESTful API design principles followed
- OpenAPI specification created
- API versioning strategy defined
- Data models designed
- Error response format standardized
- Authentication flow designed
- API documentation structure planned
Project Setup Phase
Maven Configuration
- Maven project structure created
- pom.xml configured with Java 21
- Spring Boot Web starter added
- Spring Boot parent POM included
- Required dependencies added
- Maven compiler plugin configured
- Spring Boot Maven plugin 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
- API testing tools configured (Postman/Insomnia)
API Development Phase
Controller Implementation
- REST controllers created
- Request mapping configured
- Path variables and query parameters handled
- Request body validation implemented
- Response models created
- Exception handling implemented
- Content negotiation configured
Data Layer
- Spring Data JPA configured
- Entity classes created
- Repository interfaces defined
- Database migrations created
- Data validation implemented
- Transaction management configured
- Database connection pooling configured
Business Logic
- Service layer implemented
- Business rules implemented
- Data transformation logic created
- Caching strategy implemented
- Async processing configured
- Event handling implemented
Security Implementation
API Security
- Spring Security configured
- JWT authentication implemented
- OAuth2 integration configured (if needed)
- API key authentication implemented (if needed)
- Role-based authorization implemented
- Method-level security configured
- CORS configuration implemented
Security Best Practices
- Input validation implemented
- SQL injection prevention
- XSS protection configured
- Rate limiting implemented
- Security headers configured
- HTTPS enforcement configured
- Security testing performed
Documentation and Testing
API Documentation
- OpenAPI/Swagger documentation generated
- API endpoints documented
- Request/response examples provided
- Authentication documentation created
- Error codes documented
- SDK/client libraries generated (if needed)
Testing Implementation
- Unit tests for controllers created
- Unit tests for services created
- Unit tests for repositories created
- Integration tests for API endpoints created
- Contract tests implemented
- Performance tests created
- Security tests implemented
AWS Deployment Phase
Infrastructure Setup
- AWS account configured
- VPC and networking configured
- Security groups configured
- IAM roles and policies created
- RDS database instance created
- API Gateway configured
Containerization
- Dockerfile created
- Multi-stage build implemented
- Docker image optimized
- Container security hardened
- Health checks implemented
- Docker Compose configured for local testing
API Gateway Configuration
- API Gateway resources created
- API Gateway methods configured
- Request/response transformations configured
- Authentication configured
- Rate limiting configured
- CORS configuration implemented
- Custom domain configured (if needed)
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
- API Gateway logging enabled
- 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 accessible
- 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
- API documentation reviewed
- Team training completed
Deployment Validation
- API deployed successfully
- Database migrations completed
- Health checks passing
- API Gateway working
- Authentication working
- Monitoring active
Post-Deployment Validation
- API endpoints accessible
- All endpoints working correctly
- Performance metrics acceptable
- Error logging working
- Rate limiting working
- Team notified of deployment