Spring Boot Blog Platform

This project is a Spring Boot-based blog platform, developed following the tutorial by Aaron Bourne on the Devtiro Community webpage.

Features

• Category system for organizing posts
• Flexible tagging system that supports multiple tags per post
• Post creation with draft and published states
• Filtering functionality for both categories and tags
• User authentication

Getting Started (Docker & Node Based Setup on Windows)

This setup assumes you're using Docker for the database and Node.js for the frontend.

1. Install and Run Docker:

   • Download and install Docker Desktop.
   • Start Docker Desktop.

2. Set up the Database with Docker Compose:

   • Navigate to the project's root directory in your terminal.

   • Run the following command to start the database container (assuming you have a docker-compose.yml file configuring your database):

     docker-compose up -d

     • The -d flag runs the container in detached mode (in the background).
     • Ensure that your application.properties or application.yml file is configured to connect to the docker database.

3. Install Node.js:

   • Download and install Node.js.

4. Install Frontend Dependencies:

   • Navigate to the frontend directory in your terminal.

   • Run the following command to install the necessary Node.js dependencies:

     npm install

5. Run the Frontend Application:

   • Run the following command to start the frontend development server:

     npm run dev

6. Run the Spring Boot Backend Application:

   • run the spring boot application:

     ./mvnw spring-boot:run

7. Access the Application:

   • Open your web browser and visit http://localhost:5173/ (or the appropriate port specified by your frontend).