Enable Spring Boot Devtools in IntelliJ

1. Add Dependency in pom.xml <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-devtools</artifactId> <scope>runtime</scope> </dependency> 2. In your intellij IDEA go to: file->settings->build,execution,deployment. Go to ->compiler->build project automatically. 3. Advanced Setting -> Enable auto-make

@RequestMapping, @GetMapping and @PostMapping in Spring

@RequestMapping Originally, Spring had only @RequestMapping annotation for mapping all the incoming HTTP request URLs to the corresponding controller methods. @RequestMapping(value = "/users", method = RequestMethod.GET) public Users getUsers() { } @RequestMapping(value = "/users", method = RequestMethod.POST) public User createUser(User user) { } @RequestMapping(value = "/users/{id}", method = RequestMethod.GET) public User getUser(@PathVariable("id") String id) { …

The Spring @Controller and @RestController Annotations

In Spring Boot, the controller class is responsible for processing incoming REST API requests, preparing a model, and returning the view to be rendered as a response. The controller classes in Spring are annotated either by the @Controller or the @RestController annotation. These mark controller classes as a request handler to allow Spring to recognize …

Hello World in Spring Boot

Build Maven Porject in Intellij Edit POM <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> <groupId>com.example</groupId> <artifactId>myproject</artifactId> <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version> <parent> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId> <version>2.6.1</version> </parent> <!– Additional lines to be added here… –> Adding Classpath Dependencies <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId> </dependency> </dependencies> Write Main and Controller Run Program