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Hafiza Academy

Backend-heavy full stack education platform developed for YKS students with comprehensive learning management features.

HafizaAkademi (formerly DopingHafiza) is a backend-focused full stack education platform developed for YKS (Yükseköğretim Kurumları Sınavı) students in Turkey.

The project is designed to manage academic content, users, and learning workflows in a scalable and maintainable architecture. It provides a complete learning management system (LMS) for students preparing for university entrance exams.

The main goal of this project was to build a real-world education platform with strong backend foundations rather than a simple CRUD application, demonstrating enterprise-level backend development skills.

Key Features

  • User authentication and role-based access control (students, teachers, admins)
  • Structured academic content management (courses, topics, lessons, materials)
  • Course enrollment and progress tracking
  • Student dashboard with learning analytics
  • Content organization by subjects and topics
  • Backend-driven business logic and data management
  • RESTful API architecture for frontend integration
  • Clean separation of frontend and backend responsibilities
  • User profile management
  • Learning progress tracking
  • Material download and access control
  • Scalable architecture for handling multiple users

What I Worked On

  • Designed the complete backend architecture and database schema
  • Implemented RESTful APIs and core business logic
  • Created user authentication and authorization system
  • Built course and content management system
  • Developed student enrollment and progress tracking features
  • Implemented role-based access control (RBAC)
  • Designed database relationships and entity models
  • Created API endpoints for frontend consumption
  • Integrated frontend (React) with backend services
  • Implemented data validation and error handling
  • Built scalable backend services
  • Focused on code quality, scalability, clean code, and maintainability
  • Applied software engineering best practices
  • Worked with real application-level requirements instead of tutorials
  • Implemented database migrations and schema versioning

Technologies Used

Backend

  • Java
  • Spring Boot
  • Spring Data JPA
  • Spring Security
  • Spring Web (REST APIs)
  • PostgreSQL (relational database)

Frontend

  • React
  • JavaScript (ES6+)
  • HTML5 / CSS3
  • Modern React patterns (Hooks, Context)

Database & ORM

  • PostgreSQL
  • JPA / Hibernate
  • Database migrations
  • Entity relationships

Security

  • Spring Security
  • JWT or Session-based authentication
  • Role-based access control
  • Password encryption

API Architecture

  • RESTful API design
  • JSON data format
  • HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE)
  • API versioning

Tools

  • Git (version control)
  • Docker (local development and containerization)
  • Maven (dependency management)
  • IDE (IntelliJ IDEA / Eclipse)
  • Postman (API testing)