Simple Requirements Management

This is a very simple requirements management application based on Spring Boot. It has been created for the purpose of teaching programming web applications using Spring MVC at Merseburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany.

Figure 1. Screenshot of the Application

Quickstart

To build and run the application, use the following commands from your command line (e.g., powershell or bash):

$ git clone https://github.com/HOME-programming-pub/requirements
$ cd requirements
$ ./mvnw clean package
$ ./mvnw spring-boot:run

The application should then be available from http://localhost:8080 in your browser.

Prerequisites

Java 17 or newer

You need a Java Development Kit version 17 or higher. For a list of available distributions have a look here. Please choose one that suites your needs and install it, if you don’t already have it. You can check if Java was installed properly on your machine via java --version from command line:

$ java --version
java 19.0.1 2022-10-18
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 19.0.1+10-21)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 19.0.1+10-21, mixed mode, sharing)

Git

Of course, to clone the repository, you will need a recent version of Git, which you will find more information here. Once installed, you can check your Git’s version via git --version from command line:

$ git --version
git version 2.30.1.windows.1