SpringRest Courses

This is a simple RESTful API built with Spring Boot for managing courses. The API allows you to perform CRUD operations on courses.

Features

• Get all courses
• Get a specific course by ID
• Add a new course
• Update an existing course
• Delete a course

Technologies Used

• Spring Boot
• Spring Data JPA
• MySQL

Setup prerequisites

• Java 8 or higher
• MySQL

Configuration The application's configuration is located in src/main/resources/application.properties. Here, you can set up your database connection and other settings. Running the Application

Database Configuration

      spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/Courses
      spring.datasource.username=root
      spring.datasource.password=root
      spring.datasource.driver-class-name=com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver
      
      #hibernate configuration
      spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=update
      spring.jpa.show-sql=true
      spring.jpa.database-platform=org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect

API Endpoints

• GET /courses: Fetch all courses
• GET /courses/{courseId}: Fetch a specific course by its ID
• POST /courses: Add a new course
• PUT /courses/{courseId}: Update an existing course
• DELETE /courses/{courseId}: Delete a course

Entities

The Course entity has the following fields:

• id: a unique identifier for the course
• title: the title of the course
• description: a description of the course
• author: the author of the course

Services The CourseService interface defines the operations that can be performed on a Course. The CourseServiceimpl class provides an implementation for these operations.

DAO The CourseDao interface extends JpaRepository, providing methods for performing CRUD operations on the Course entity.

Controllers The MyController class is a REST controller that handles HTTP requests and responses. It uses the CourseService to perform operations.

Note: This is a basic application for learning purposes. It does not handle exceptions or edge cases.