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Rahul Gupta


Job-Tracker: Streamlining Your Job Search Journey

Introduction

In the ever-evolving job market, staying organized during your job search is crucial. As a fellow job seeker, I encountered the same challenges—multiple job portals, countless applications, and the need for a centralized solution. Enter the Job-Tracker application—a purpose-built web tool designed to simplify your job-seeking experience.

Key Features

  1. Unified Dashboard: Imagine having all your job applications neatly organized in one place. The Job-Tracker dashboard provides an at-a-glance view of your progress, deadlines, and follow-ups.

  2. Status Tags: Assign custom status tags (e.g., “Applied,” “Interview Scheduled,” “Offer Received”) to each job application. No more guessing where you stand!

  3. Visual Insights: Dynamic charts reveal trends in your job search. Monitor daily activity, track application spikes, and adjust your strategy accordingly.

  4. Personalized Reminders: Set reminders for follow-ups, interviews, and deadlines. Never miss an opportunity due to oversight.

Technologies Used

  • Spring Boot: The backbone of Job-Tracker, Spring Boot ensures rapid development and seamless integration.
  • MySQL Database: Efficiently stores application data, allowing quick retrieval and updates.
  • Thymeleaf: For rendering dynamic views and templates.
  • Bootstrap: Ensures a responsive and visually appealing user interface.
  • RESTful APIs: Facilitate communication between the front end and back end.

Learning Journey

Building Job-Tracker wasn’t just about coding—it was a voyage of discovery:

  • Microservices Concepts: While developing this monolithic application, I realized the need for scalability and modularity. This insight led me to explore microservices architecture.
  • Spring Cloud: To enhance Job-Tracker’s scalability, I delved into Spring Cloud—a suite of tools that simplifies microservices development. Service discovery, load balancing, and fault tolerance became my allies.

Micro-Services (Quiz Application): Decoding Complexity

Why Microservices?

  1. Scalability: As your Quiz Application grows, microservices allow you to scale specific components independently. No more bottlenecks!
  2. Modularity: Each quiz feature becomes a microservice—clean, isolated, and easy to maintain.
  3. Resilience: If one quiz service fails, the others soldier on. Resilience by design.

Challenges

  1. Application Size: As your Quiz Application evolves, so does its complexity. Microservices offer a lifeline.
  2. Inter-Service Communication: RESTful APIs, message queues, and event-driven architectures keep our services talking.

Technologies at Play

  • Spring Boot: Our microservices engine—lightweight, efficient, and developer-friendly.
  • Eureka (Service Registry): Discovering and connecting to microservices made simple.
  • RabbitMQ: For asynchronous communication between services.
  • Docker: Containerization for consistent deployment.
  • Kubernetes: Orchestrating our microservices fleet.

Learning Curve

  • Decomposition: Breaking down the monolith into manageable pieces.
  • Service Independence: Each quiz question, leaderboard, and user profile stands alone.
  • Testing Strategies: Unit tests, contract tests, and integration tests—our arsenal against bugs.


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