Notes Application

Project Overview

A plain Spring MVC application (non-Boot) for managing personal notes with a simple HTML UI. This version is completely anonymous and does not require authentication.

Features

• CRUD operations for notes
• Persistence using H2 database (in-memory)

Architecture

• Framework: Spring Framework 6 (MVC, Data JPA)
• UI: Thymeleaf templates
• Database: H2 (Embedded)
• Packaging: WAR

Configuration

• WebConfig: Configures Spring MVC and Thymeleaf.
• PersistenceConfig: Configures JPA, EntityManager, and DataSource.
• AppInitializer: Bootstraps the application without web.xml.

Running the Application

Since this is a plain Spring MVC application (non-Boot) packaged as a WAR, you have two main options to run it:

Option 1: Using Jetty Maven Plugin (Easiest)

You can run the application directly from the command line using the Jetty Maven plugin:

mvn jetty:run

Then open your browser and go to: http://localhost:8080/notes

Option 2: Traditional Deployment

1. Build the WAR file:

   mvn clean package

2. Deploy the generated WAR file (target/notesApi-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.war) to a Servlet container like Apache Tomcat 10+ (since the project uses Jakarta Servlet 6.0).
3. Start Tomcat and access the application at http://localhost:8080/notesApi-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT/notes (or the configured context path).

UI Endpoints

• /notes: List all notes
• /notes/new: Create a new note
• /notes/edit/{id}: Edit an existing note

Testing

To run the tests, use:

mvn test

fs-notes