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Repo holds Ampath Best Practices Portal files

AMPATH Conference Application

This is the AMPATH Conference Application, a Spring Boot project for managing conference abstract submissions.

Table of Contents

• Requirements
• Running the Application
  • Using Docker
  • Using Maven
• Configuration
• Usage
• Contributing
• License

Requirements

To run this application, you need the following:

• Java Development Kit (JDK) 11 or higher
• Maven (if running using Maven)
• Docker (if running using Docker)
• MySQL database (update application.properties accordingly)

Running the Application

Using Docker

1. Ensure Docker is installed and running on your system.
2. Build the Docker image:

   docker build -t ampath-conference .

3. Run the Docker container:

   docker run -p 8080:8080 ampath-conference

4. Access the application at http://localhost:8080.

Using Maven

1. Ensure Java and Maven are installed on your system.
2. Navigate to the project directory and run:

   mvn spring-boot:run

3. Access the application at http://localhost:8080.

Configuration

• Database configuration: Update src/main/resources/application.properties with your MySQL database settings.
• Other configurations: Refer to src/main/resources/application.properties for additional configurations.

Usage

• The application allows users to submit conference abstracts.
• Visit the application URL to access the submission form and other features.

Contributing

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch (git checkout -b feature/my-feature).
3. Make your changes.
4. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add new feature').
5. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/my-feature).
6. Create a new Pull Request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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initial setup