Client-Server Architecture
This chapter discusses client-server architecture in software development, covering its definition, key components, advantages, and drawbacks. It highlights design principles for applications based on this model and common communication protocols, including Representational State Transfer (REST) principles and best practices for developing RESTful APIs.
The chapter also covers implementing a client-server application using the Spring framework, focusing on token-based authentication with JSON Web Tokens (JWTs). It includes API documentation with OpenAPI and code coverage testing using the JaCoCo library. These practical skills are essential for building robust and secure modern software solutions.
This chapter will cover the following topic:
- Introducing client-server architecture
- Exploring the client-server architecture types
- Client-server communication protocols
- Implementing a client-server application
- Code coverage testing...
