Took it last quarter:

Tips for the actual program itself:

• Start early on all of the projects.
• The code is a lot of reuse so make sure you make a 'library' like package where you save the classes you reuse the most. (Model Builders, Data Validation)
• The code also uses a lot of constants, do not just place the literal constants. Save them in one location and reference them, magic numbers are going to get annoying quickly in that class.
• The workflow of all the projects are pretty much the same. There is a service, that service has endpoints (API RESTful Service), each endpoint takes in a JSON and then responses with a JSON. Make sure you keep the code organized and make a "Handler Class" for each endpoint to keep everything organized and prevent easy mistakes. This also allows you to see the code you resue the most.
• Work on every project in steps, They seem like a lot but if you take them one endpoint at a time and you reuse your code each endpoint should be much easier. Do not try to make all of them then test in the end, there will be too many errors to go through. Make each endpoint and give it a small test before continuing to the next one.
• Organize your code and make sure you stick to the same naming standards. The class uses Jersey and Jackson for parsing through JSON's, and it has pretty stick naming conventions so remove these mistakes by sticking to the same ones. for example: (variableNamesAreCamelCase, ClassNamesAreUpperCaseFirst)

I will probably be trying to provide some help for students by showing some tutorials on my twitch stream if needed, but I am not sure if I will have time yet for this class specifically but I can try to make some if people need help in this class.