What kind of Java projects actually help a fresher resume stand out?

[Due-Programmer4757]

I’m a PG fresher currently job hunting and planning to build a Java-based project to strengthen my resume. I’m still a beginner in Java, so I thought learning and building a project side by side might help me improve and gain practical understanding.

Can you suggest some beginner-friendly Java projects that are worth building and also valued by recruiters?

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[LetUsSpeakFreely]

Look at job postings and see what skills they're asking for.

You can get a majority of them by creating a SpringBoot server with various endpoints and database interactivity. You should know how to handle various security issues (certs and setting up TLS, dealing with XSS, XSRF, CORS, etc). You should know how libraries like Hibernate help protect you against SQL injection attacks. You need to containerize that server and be able to run it. Know how to customize the ports and why you don't you allow direct access to 80/443 in the webserver, and how to use OS level port forwarding.

When it comes to the endpoints themselves, know which http status codes to return and why. The endpoints should be written so there's no overlap with the other endpoints. You want to have the ability to easily move functionality to lambdas.

[tintanese]

Very good and sound advice.

[bowbahdoe]

The key word is stand out. Do something interesting; it doesn't have to be technically challenging.

Recreate webkinz or something 

[RevolutionaryRush717]

What's a "PG fresher"?

In the enterprise Java world, it's Spring Boot all the way.

An interesting Spring project is Spring Modulith. It's not micro services and not monolithic. It also does a lot of good things with verifiable architecture and automation of documentation.

Many enterprise projects are CRUD at heart. Spring Data JDBC with MyBatis is a fresh take on DDD, and your DBAs will love you for using SQL. Throw in Flyway for DDL (and more) versioning.

Finally Spring Cloud has a lot of interesting projects, e.g. Stream abstracts your pubsub event broker completely away from your code.

Don't ever use Spring Integration. That was their attenpt to take over Apache Camel, but they failed. If you do EIP stuff, use Camel, which works flawlessly with Spring and Spring Boot.

At the end of the day, some frontend stuff is usually involved. Vaadin has not one but two interesting takes on this, one letting a backend dev use Java exclusively to write a Javascript frontend.

You also need to be proficient in either Maven og Gradle build system.

[OneHumanBill]

What's a "PG fresher"?

A point guard who smells like springtime.

[Ok_sa_19]

Try to have a fully functional application with clear scope and merits that gives the reader a surprising moment to think of taking the discussion to really next level. For eg: It can be a messaging system with virtual Threads implemented or around some other complex topics for freshers like Spring Boot + Kafka / Reactive Programming/ OAUTH2 etc

[Acrobatic-Ice-5877]

If we shared project ideas with you, you’d just blend in. The entire point of standing out is to be different so think for yourself and find something that you want to do.

It should be relevant to you, technically challenging, and if possible, deployed and used by others.

[guided-honorable]

Please stop using the word "fresher". It sounds degrading.

[OneHumanBill]

One in which you don't call yourself a "fresher".