A Reddit Application with Spring
Last updated: September 28, 2023
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This Case Study follows a new author through the creation of a small web application with Spring from the ground up.
The app helps users manage their posting to Reddit by scheduling Posts, determining the best times to post, re-trying posts when they’re not immediately performing well, etc.
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Basic Setup and Operations
- Authenticating with Reddit OAuth2 and Spring Security
- Post a Link to the Reddit API
- Schedule Post to Reddit with Spring
- Decoupling Registration from Login in the Reddit App
- Entity To DTO Conversion for a Spring REST API
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Advanced Use Cases
- Rate Limiting Access to the Reddit API
- Make It Easy to Schedule to Reddit
- Retry to Submit to Reddit a Post Without Enough Traction
- Displaying Dates in the Timezone of the User
- Testing the API of the Reddit App
- Adding Roles and Privileges To the Reddit App
- Preserve the History of Reddit Post Submissions
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Improvements
- First Round of Improvements to the Reddit Application
- Second Round of Improvements to the Reddit Application
- Third Round of Improvements to the Reddit Application
- Fourth Round of Improvements to the Reddit Application
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