spring-mvc-template

This is a basic Java web application template structure for easily bootstrapping web development projects. This template uses the following foundational technologies:

• Gradle for build system
• Spring MVC framework with @MVC annotations
• JSTL with Apache Tiles view templating framework
• Spring Security framework with basic Apereo CAS provider configured out of the box
• Twitter Bootstrap CSS framework
• Logback framework for logging

Configuration

This app's config assumes that you have an Apereo CAS server running somewhere.

• Clone the repo, cd into the root of the project and copy files from etc directory (cas.properties, logback.xml) to /etc/templateapp directory

• Set appropriate values for your CAS server in /etc/templateapp/cas.properties

• Build by running ./gradlew (or gradlew.bat if on Windows). The resulting war file is then available for deployment in build/libs

Adopt for your project development

• Clone the repo, cd into the root of project and delete the git repository e.g. rm -rf .git (so that you could create your own)
• Modify project name in settings.gradle
• Modify group, description, version, etc. properties in the build.gradle. Also adjust the dependecies appropriate to your project
• Change contextName in etc/logback.xml appropreate for your app
• Change references to the config directory (currently /etc/templateapp) appropriate for your project. These references are in the following files: (WEB-INF/spring/root-context.xml, src/main/resources/logback.xml)
• Change context-component-scan base-package as appropriate for your app in WEB-INF/dispatcher-servlet.xml
• And of course change/add java packages, add classes and add/change views as appropreate for your app, etc.

Happy hacking!