Spring Boot demo with Maven:

Using:

Java 1.7

Maven 3.2

Steps:

Install spring CLI :

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http://repo.spring.io/snapshot/org/springframework/boot/spring-boot-cli/1.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT/spring-boot-cli-1.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT-bin.zip

Unzip it and set the path of the folder to environment variables.

Set Environment Variables

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set SPRING_HOME to point to a specific installation. 

You should also add SPRING_HOME/bin to your PATH environment variable.

Checking Your Installation

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To test if you have successfully install the CLI you can run the following command:

               spring --version

Create a demo using the following link:

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http://start.spring.io/

Check Actuator under section “Ops” and Web.

Click generate project and then import that project in eclipse or your IDE.

In DemoApplication class:

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@RestController

@EnableAutoConfiguration

public class DemoApplication {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        SpringApplication.run(DemoApplication.class, args);

    }

   

    @RequestMapping("/")

    String home() {

        return "Hello World!";

    }

}

Run the demo:

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Using the command: mvn spring-boot:run

Run your demo and hit localhost:8080