Spring Boot, eXist, Angular Restful API Tutorial

Note: This is the adapted version of callicoder/spring-boot-mongodb-angular-todo-app which replaces MongoDB in the backend with eXist. For more information please visit the posts Building a Simple eXist Repository on Top of Spring Data and Spring Framework meets eXist-db.

Build a Fully-Fledged Todo App with Spring Boot & eXist in the Backend and Angular in the frontend.

Requirements

1. Java - 1.8.x

2. Maven - 3.x.x

3. eXist - 4.3.x

Steps to Setup

1. Clone the application

git clone https://github.com/datenkollektiv/spring-boot-exist-angular-todo-app.git

2. Build and run the backend app using maven wrapper

cd spring-boot-backend
mvnw package
java -jar target/todoapp-1.0.0.jar

Alternatively, you can run the app without packaging it using -

mvnw spring-boot:run

The backend server will start at http://localhost:8080.

3. Run the frontend app using npm

cd angular-frontend
npm install

npm start

Frontend server will run on http://localhost:4200

Learn more

You can find the original tutorial for this application on the blog -

https://www.callicoder.com/spring-boot-mongodb-angular-js-rest-api-tutorial/