Gradle sample application

This project is a simple, MVC-based web application written in Java. Its main purpose is to demonstrate implementation approaches for typical project automation requirements with the help of Gradle.

Technical implementation

• Java-based web application.
• Web requests handled by Spring MVC.
• Dependency Injection with Spring Beans.
• Unit tests implemented with JUnit and Mockito.
• Integration tests use Spring Test.
• Target runtime environment: Apache Tomcat.

Applied Gradle features

• Usage of the Gradle Wrapper.
• Deployment to an embedded Tomcat container for local development.

Running the application

You can directly run your application your local machine. There’s no need to install a Servlet container. In a terminal window execute the following command from the root level of the project:

*Mac OS X/nix

./gradlew tomcatRun

Windows

gradlew.bat tomcatRun

After a few moments, you will find the following output:

...
Started Tomcat Server
The Server is running at http://localhost:8080/sample-app

Open your browser of choice and navigate to the URL.