CRUD Application

This project is a RESTful CRUD application built using Spring Boot. The application implements standard RESTful practices and follows a layered architecture.

This was developed as part of the Building a REST API with Spring Boot course from Spring Academy.

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Key Features

• HTTP Methods: Implemented RESTful operations using GET, PUT, PATCH, and POST.
• Response Status Codes: Proper handling of HTTP status codes such as 200 OK, 201 CREATED, and 204 NO CONTENT.
• Layered Architecture:
  • Spring Security: Secures the API endpoints.
  • Spring Web: Handles HTTP communications between the API and clients.
  • Spring Data: Manages interaction with the relational data store.

Development Approach

• Test-First Development: Ensured functionality using a test-driven development (TDD) approach.
• Steel Thread Implementation: Focused on driving out core functionality and de-risking integration points early in development.
• Red, Green, Refactor: Followed the TDD cycle to iteratively improve code quality and coverage.

Technologies Used

• Java
• Spring Boot
• Spring Security
• Spring Web
• Spring Data JPA
• JUnit (Testing)

Running the Test Suite

To run the test suite, execute the following command:

mvn test

How to Run

1. Clone the repository.
2. Run mvn clean install to build the project.
3. Start the application using mvn spring-boot:run.
4. Access the API via http://localhost:8080.