Elspeth's Independent Enterprise Java Project
As someone who's taught private violin lessons for many years, I know that the hardest part of learning (and teaching!) an instrument is making regular practice a habit. Even as a working freelance performer, I find it difficult to maintain healthy practice habits amidst the chaos of my teaching and performing schedules.
Most of my teaching colleagues have their students keep track of practice sessions on charts, whilst several of my symphony colleagues keep practice journals for themselves. These charts and journals serve as a way for both young and seasoned musicians to keep track of their practice habits, record what techniques work well for them, and to see how the frequency/duration of their sessions stacks up to their peers' practice data.
This got me thinking: there are loads of "personal trainer" apps out there--record your exercise, count your calories, measure your water intake, etc--and all of them share really meaningful attributes that make tracking a personal habit-building journey simpler.
There are a couple apps like that for musicians, too--to hold you accountable to a practice schedule you commit to. An app where you can keep all of your practice ideas in one handy place. And here's the bit the DOESN'T exist yet: an app with which teachers can share practice ideas with students, and with which students can share progress with teachers.
Life is bananas, and fitting in regular practice sessions can feel like a nigh-impossible task. Let's make it a little easier, eh?
- Security/Authentication
- Tomcat's JDBC Realm Authentication
- User (Teacher) role: create/read/update/delete all studio data, log personal practice sessions, view and write practice hacks, and use practice tools
- User (Student) role: log personal practice sessions, view practice hacks, use practice tools, and join/leave a studio
- User (Pro/Hobbyist) role: log personal practice sessions, view practice hacks, and use practice tools
- All: anyone can view information about the application--why it exists, how it works, etc.
- Database
- MySQL
- Stores users and roles
- Stores studio data for teachers--who is in a teacher's studio?
- Stores practice data/goals for students
- Stores instruments
- Stores practice hacks--tips and tricks for practicing written by teachers
- ORM Framework
- Hibernate 5
- Dependency Management
- Maven
- Web Services consumed using Java
- YouTube: Students will be able to look up/listen to recordings of pieces they are working on.
- Front-end
- Bootstrap 4
- JavaScript/jQuery
- Data Validation
- Bootstrap Validator/RegEx for front end
- Explore Hibernate's validation
- Logging
- Configurable logging using Log4J2.
- Hosting
- AWS
- Independent Research Topic/s
- IMSLP API/OpenOpus API/YouTube API
- Project Lombok to streamline class-building. No more getters/setters!
- Unit Testing
- JUnit
- IDE: IntelliJ IDEA
