Download the spring boot application from the Spring website.
Steps to Importing Spring Boot Application :
Step 1 : Open Eclipse and click the File menu option on top and choose Import option.
Step 2 : Below screen will be displayed, then choose the Maven –> Existing Maven Project and click Next.
Step 3: Choose Root Directory (project downloaded location) and select the project and click the finish.
Steps to build the spring boot application :
Step 1 : Right-click on the imported project and choose the Build Path–>Configure Build path.
Step 2: Check the Java Build Path and Java Compiler in the opened window, make sure that the application should be pointing to Java 8.
Step 3: Right-click on the project and choose Run As–> Maven clean.
Step 4: Right-click on the project and choose Run As–> Maven clean.
Step 5: Then choose the Project Menu –> Clean option and select your Spring boot application then click the clean button like as shown below(it will clean your project and it will generate the class files) .
Step 6: Right-click on the project and choose Run As–> Maven Install, it will download the dependencies from net automatically and it will create the jar.
How To run Spring Boot Application :
We have two ways to run the Spring boot Application .
- Using Eclipse IDE.
- Using Command Prompt.
1.By Using Eclipse IDE:
- Right-click on Spring boot Application main file (Default file SpringBootApplication.java) and choose Run As–> Java Application.
- Check the check box and select the Eclipse IDE Launcher and click OK button.
- Check Eclipse console for Application successfully started message and port number(8080) like as below.
- Then launch the application in browser (http://localhost:8080/)
2. By Using Command Prompt :
- Open the Command Prompt.
- Chose jar location : cd D:\Services\admin-starter-springboot-master\target.
- Run the command like as below $java -jar admin-starter.jar
- Then launch the application in browser (http://localhost:8080/)
