Changing The Java Version
- Change
<release>inbackend/pom.xml. - Change
$JAVA_HOMEenvironment variable
Spring Boot
The backend is written using the Spring Boot framework to minimize boilerplate Java code and because it allows for
lightweight development with Plain-Old-Java-Objects. The spring-boot-web-starter dependency provides an embedded Apache
Tomcat server which is used in this application.
Why JPA?
JPA provides standard interfaces which needs to be implemented. It doesn't lock you into a vendor's implementation.
You can switch between vendor implementations when you're coding against the JPA standard interfaces.
MariaDB
This application connects to a MariaDB database. MariaDB is very similar to MySQL, but provides some useful performance
improvements.
Vue
The frontend view is generated using the Vue.js Javascript framework as it is easy to work with, scalable, and makes
for some good looking frontend pages.
Every class except the main class is in a sub-package because spring will automatically scan for components this way. There is no need to reference specific packages. Other packages can be added via the scanBasePackages variable for automatic component scanning.
Static content like HTML, JavaScript, images etc. go into the /static directory.
src/main/webapp should only be used if the application is packaged as a .war file as opposed to a .jar file.
If you're using the IntelliJ IDE the spring boot devtool dependency requires some tweaking for reloading to work
Navigate to the project directory
mvn package
or, without Maven installed
./mvnw package
Backend alternative #1
mvn --projects backend spring-boot:run
Backend alternative #2
Navigate to /target/
java -jar webapp.jar
or from the directory in which pom.xml resides
mvn clean compile test
If you don't have Maven installed, this will automatically download and run the correct version
./mvnw spring-boot:run webapp.jar
Frontend alternative #1
cd frontend
npm start