{"id":29,"date":"2019-02-19T23:06:09","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T23:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kindsonthegenius.com\/spring-boot\/?p=29"},"modified":"2020-07-26T08:12:29","modified_gmt":"2020-07-26T08:12:29","slug":"02-spring-boot-starter-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kindsonthegenius.com\/spring-boot\/02-spring-boot-starter-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Boot – Starter Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this lesson we would go through how to create a Spring Starter Project. But first, we need to set up the Spring IDE.<\/p>\n

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  1. Download and Install Spring-Tool-Suite(sts)<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Create a New Starter Project<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Examine the main class<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Examine the pom.xml File<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

     <\/p>\n

    1. Download and Install Spring-Tool-Suite(sts)<\/h4>\n

    First download Spring sts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Download for Windows<\/a><\/td>\nSpring sts\u00a0 Download for Mac<\/a><\/td>\nDownload for Linux<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    If you downloaded for Windows (64 bit), then you will have it as a zip file.<\/p>\n

    Unzip the file into your drive C.<\/p>\n

    Open the file and locate the STS.exe file and open it (you can add a shortcut to your desktop)<\/p>\n

    If you followed the procedure, then you will have the interface as shown below:<\/p>\n

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    \"Spring<\/p>\n

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    2. Create a new Starter Project<\/h4>\n

    Click on File<\/p>\n

    Select New and Choose Spring Starter project (Look at the figure below)<\/p>\n

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    \"\"<\/p>\n

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    The New Spring Starter Project dialog box is shown as below.<\/p>\n

    So you can change the field marked in red if you want (or you can use the values in used)<\/p>\n

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    \"\"<\/p>\n

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    After you have completed the fields in red, just click Next. The next\u00a0 dialog allows you to select dependencies.<\/p>\n

    Under Available, enter web<\/strong>. Then select the web check box. We need this because we want to create a web application<\/p>\n

    Then remove web and enter jpa<\/strong>. Next select the jpa checkbox. This would add dependency that enables us connect to database.<\/p>\n

    You dialog box would be as shown below (without the Frequently Used section)<\/p>\n

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    \"\"<\/p>\n

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    Go ahead to click on finish<\/p>\n

    After some seconds, your project would be set up. (ensure your computer is connected to the internet)<\/p>\n

    At the left side, under Package Explorer, you can see your project. Expand it as shown in the Figure below.<\/p>\n

    Then open the FirstAppApplication.java<\/strong> file<\/p>\n

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    \"\"<\/p>\n

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    3. Examine the Main Class File<\/h4>\n

    The FirstAppApplication.java file is the main class file.<\/p>\n

    Check that the content is as shown below<\/p>\n

    You can refer to Tutorial 1(Spring Boot Introduction)<\/a> to understand the @SpringBootApplication annotation<\/p>\n

    The SpringApplicaiton.run() method tells Spring Boot to bootstrap the application from this class.<\/p>\n

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    package<\/span> com.<\/span>kindsonthegenius<\/span>.<\/span>demo<\/span>;<\/span>\r\n\r\nimport<\/span> org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication<\/span>;<\/span>\r\nimport<\/span> org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication<\/span>;<\/span>\r\n\r\n@SpringBootApplication<\/span>\r\npublic<\/span> class<\/span> FirstAppApplication<\/span> {<\/span>\r\n\r\n\tpublic<\/span> static<\/span> void<\/span> main<\/span>(<\/span>String[]<\/span> args)<\/span> {<\/span>\r\n\t\tSpringApplication.<\/span>run<\/span>(<\/span>FirstAppApplication.<\/span>class<\/span>,<\/span> args);<\/span>\r\n\t}<\/span>\r\n\r\n}<\/span>\r\n<\/pre>\n
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    4 .Examine the pom.xml File<\/h4>\n
    Open the pom.xml file<\/p>\n
    Check that the pom.xml file contains the following dependencies. You can find the two dependencies you selected during startup (web and jpa)<\/p>\n
     <\/p>\n
    <dependencies><\/span>\r\n\r\n\t<dependency><\/span>\r\n\t\t<groupId><\/span>org.springframework.boot<\/groupId><\/span>\r\n\t\t<artifactId><\/span>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa<\/artifactId><\/span>\r\n\t<\/dependency><\/span>\r\n\t\r\n\t<dependency><\/span>\r\n\t\t<groupId><\/span>org.springframework.boot<\/groupId><\/span>\r\n\t\t<artifactId><\/span>spring-boot-starter-web<\/artifactId><\/span>\r\n\t<\/dependency><\/span>\r\n\r\n\t<dependency><\/span>\r\n\t\t<groupId><\/span>org.springframework.boot<\/groupId><\/span>\r\n\t\t<artifactId><\/span>spring-boot-starter-test<\/artifactId><\/span>\r\n\t\t<scope><\/span>test<\/scope><\/span>\r\n\t<\/dependency><\/span>\r\n\t\r\n<\/dependencies><\/span>\r\n<\/pre>\n
     <\/p>\n
    Now we have set up our application.<\/p>\n
    In the next lesson we would add a REST endpoint, deploy and run the application.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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