SpringBoot Social Network Project

Circle CI build status:

Introduction

This project is a continuation of the previous one. The previous project was made with pure Servlets and JSP technologies details here. I used the same template layout and created a new project using SpringBoot.

Functionality

Base

Login / Logout
Register
View own profile
View other users profiles
Send messages
Add and remove friends
Accept and decline friends requests
Update profile information
Change password
Search for other users
View other users friends lists
View last messages
Drag and drop profile image upload
Internationalization: English and Russian languages
Localization

Admin

Make other user admin
Block user

Technologies used

Stack:

Java 11
Spring: SpringBoot, MVC, Data JPA, Security, DevTools, Actuator
Maven
H2, Mysql, ClearDb(Heroku)
Thymeleaf
Javascript, jQuery
Html, CSS, Bootstrap
Test: JUnit, Mockito

Environment

Heroku as CD tool
Circle CI as CI tool
Docker for containerization

Application demo is available on Heroku

Link: https://springboot-social-network.herokuapp.com/
Cersei is average user and Tyrion Lannister is super admin. Tyrion can't be blocked or made average admin user.

Credentials for Cersei Lannister:

login cersei@lannister.ru
password fun123

Tyrion Lannister credentials:

login tyrion@lannister.ru
password fun123

Quick start

Required:

Java 11
Maven

Steps:

git clone https://github.com/dmcheremisin/SpringBootSocialNetwork.git
mvn clean package -DskipTests=true
cd web.social.network/target
java -jar -Dspring.profiles.active=dev social-network.jar
Go to http://localhost:8080

Application profiles

dev - profile for development, uses embedded H2 database
qa - profile for qa testing, uses Mysql either local, or from docker container: mysql docker container
prod - profile for Heroku, uses ClearDb. ClearDb is Heroku analog of Mysql: details
docker - profile for Docker. It is created to test connection between 2 containers: mysql and social-network(spring boot app)

Docker

This application is tested in Docker.
I made 2 containers: mysql and social-network, and then linked them.
Commands for images creation and containers startup may be found in the directory: docker