jvogit / spring-react

My template repo to quickly setup a full-stack web app using Springboot, React (baseweb), and PostgreSQL

spring-react

Spring-React is my template repository for a full-scale web application using SpringBoot, React CRA, and PostgreSQL.

Run build

1. Run gradlew bootRun to launch app
2. Find app at localhost:8080

Dev workflow

Before starting to develop run gradlew bootJar

1. In one terminal gradlew bootRun
2. In second terminal go into the frontend directory then run npm start

Find the app at localhost:3000 and frontend changes there

Extra

• baseweb
• redux
• react redux saga

Environment variables used in production deployment

Environment needed during deployment such as heroku

• JDBC_DATABASE_URL
• JDBC_DATABASE_USERNAME
• JDBC_DATABASE_PASSWORD

Note: Above three automatically set by heroku by adding postgresql addon

• JWT_SECRET (secret used for JWT validation. HS512 at least 512 bits)
• JWT_EXPIRE_MS (amount of time in milliseconds when an auth token expires)
• BUILD_TYPE (BUILD_TYPE usually prod for deployment)

Note: prod must be set when running jar (see Procfile)

• java -Dspring.profiles.active=prod -jar build/libs/jarFile.jar

Extra parameters

1. gradlew bootRun -PBUILD_TYPE=dev - buildType: prod or dev (default)

gradle cmds

• gradlew help - help
• gradlew tasks - view tasks
• gradlew <task> - run a task