Install Maven for your specific operating system using this link. Use your terminal to navigate to the location on your local machine where you want to download this code, and then clone it from Github.
$ cd /path/to/your/directory/
$ git clone https://github.com/marcusgreer/colorstack-backend-demo.git
$ cd colorstack-backend-demo
$ mvn clean package
$ java -jar echo-server-demo/target/echo-server-demo-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
Keep this terminal window open, and then run the following command in a separate window using netcat
$ nc localhost 9093
Type text into the same terminal where netcat is running, and see it echoed back to you
Kill the Client and Server processes by running Ctrl+C in the terminal windows.
Start the server by running:
$ mvn clean package
$ java -jar rest-api-demo/target/rest-api-demo-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
Note you should see an output similar to the following in your terminal to confirm that the Server is up and running.
2021-03-08 15:06:56.087 INFO 91332 --- [ main] c.c.ColorstackBackendDemoApplication : Started ColorstackBackendDemoApplication in 1.83 seconds (JVM running for 2.321)
Make requests to the server via cURL
curl --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--request POST \
--data '{"content":"Do Homework","done":"false"}' \
http://localhost:3000/tasks
Modify the code in /rest-api-demo/src/main/java/io/demo/restapi/ to create your own API.
One example would be to create your own version of twitter that can
- Handle multiple users.
- The ability to subscribe/unsubscribe and
- Get the last N articles that a user is following.
Alternatively, be creative and gain inspiration from the various applications your use every day.
The following guides illustrate how to use some features concretely: