Getting Started with Our Project
Understand the initial code of our empty project in detail.
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The initial code we’ve built is given below. Let’s take a look at the basic structure of a Spring application:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>2.5.6</version>
<relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
</parent>
<groupId>com.greglturnquist</groupId>
<artifactId>hackingspringboot</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>hackingspringboot</name>
<description>Demo project for Hacking with Spring Boot</description>
<properties>
<java.version>11</java.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-webflux</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>io.projectreactor</groupId>
<artifactId>reactor-test</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-devtools</artifactId>
<optional>true</optional>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.fizzed</groupId>
<artifactId>fizzed-watcher-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.0.6</version>
<configuration>
<watches>
<watch>
<directory>src/main</directory>
<exclude>*.css</exclude>
<exclude>*.js</exclude>
<exclude>*.svg</exclude>
</watch>
</watches>
<goals>
<goal>compile</goal>
<goal>process-classes</goal>
</goals>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
An empty Spring Boot project
Description of the files
The following is a description of the individual files that are important in a Spring Boot project:
- The Maven project file,
pom.xml, is the most important file that’s configured with the selected dependencies and thespringboot-maven-plugin. It’s used to generate the standalone executable JAR file. - The
HackingspringbootApplication.javafile is the main application file of our project. - The
application.propertiesfile is the properties file that allows us to customize the different parts of Spring Boot. - The
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