this project is composed by 2 main part

• Part 1 "front end" Made with vue js you need this software as shown below to run it:

• node js 12
• vue cli open the front end folder named forums in cmd then type this command: -> npm run serve the front end server will open on localhost with a default port (8080 by default it will increment if the port is taking by other software)

• Part 2 "Back End" Made with spring boot you will need this software as shown below to run it:

• jdk 1.8
• spring suite tool or jetbrain intellij (you can run it with cmd too) steps : 1- open sts (spring suite tool) 2- import the folder named "ForumServerSide" as a maven project 3- update maven (force update if you had errors in pom.xml) 4- now you can run the project as a spring project 5- the back end server will open at localhost:8070 on defalut config but you can override thoese settings in the file src/main/resources/application.properties

Important: You can use any database you want but you must configure the connection setting in application.properties file by default this app configured with mysql database we have export a script you can import this script named "forumsdb.sql" at mysql database you can use wamp or xamp as mysql servers