Spring Boot Project

This is a Spring Boot application demonstrating basic CRUD operations for a student management system. The application includes features such as creating, reading, updating, and deleting student records.

Features

• CRUD Operations:
  • Create a new student.
  • Retrieve all students or a specific student by ID.
  • Update an existing student's details.
  • Delete a student.
• Spring Boot Configuration: Includes application properties and dependency management using Maven.
• Layered Architecture:
  • Controller Layer: Handles HTTP requests and responses.
  • Service Layer: Contains business logic.
  • Repository Layer: Interacts with the database.
• Example Student Entity: Demonstrates the use of JPA for object-relational mapping.

Project Structure

├── src
│   ├── main
│   │   ├── java
│   │   │   └── com.example.demo
│   │   │       ├── DemoApplication.java
│   │   │       ├── student
│   │   │           ├── Student.java
│   │   │           ├── StudentController.java
│   │   │           ├── StudentService.java
│   │   │           ├── StudentRepository.java
│   │   │           ├── StudentConfig.java
│   │   ├── resources
│   │       ├── application.properties
│   └── test
│       └── java
│           └── com.example.demo
│               ├── DemoApplicationTests.java
├── .gitignore
├── mvnw
├── mvnw.cmd
├── pom.xml

Prerequisites

1. Java: Ensure you have JDK 11 or higher installed.
2. Maven: Verify that Maven is installed and added to your PATH.
3. Database: This project is set up for H2 Database by default. Modify application.properties to configure other databases.

Getting Started

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Kipkiruie/Springboot.git
   cd Springboot

2. Build the project:

   mvn clean install

3. Run the application:

   mvn spring-boot:run

4. Access the application:

   • API documentation (if using Swagger): http://localhost:8080/swagger-ui.html
   • Example endpoint: http://localhost:8080/api/v1/students

Configuration

Modify the src/main/resources/application.properties file to customize the database connection, server port, and other settings.

Example:

# Server configuration
server.port=8080

# Database configuration
spring.datasource.url=jdbc:h2:mem:testdb
spring.datasource.driverClassName=org.h2.Driver
spring.datasource.username=sa
spring.datasource.password=password
spring.jpa.database-platform=org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect

Technologies Used

• Spring Boot: Framework for building Java-based web applications.
• Spring Data JPA: Simplifies data access layers.
• H2 Database: In-memory database for testing and development.
• Maven: Build and dependency management tool.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. Feel free to use and modify it.

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For any questions or feedback, feel free to contact Elisha Ng'etich.