Watchlist Application

This is my first Spring Boot project, created as part of the "Create Web Applications Efficiently With the Spring Boot MVC Framework" course on OpenClassrooms by Vahid Yaghini.

Project Overview

The Watchlist Application is designed to manage a list of movies or shows that you want to watch. It leverages various features and best practices of Spring Boot and Spring MVC to provide a robust and maintainable application.

Course Outline

Part #1 - Set up a deployable Spring Boot project

• Learnings:
  • Benefits of Spring Boot over Spring
  • Creating and running a Spring Boot web project

Part #2 - Create a working web application with Spring MVC

• Learnings:
  • Implementing Spring MVC architecture with Thymeleaf templates
  • Handling form submissions
  • Creating and validating form fields, including cross-field and cross-record validations
  • Configuring Spring MVC

Part #3 - Refactor an application to ensure loosely coupled and testable backend services

• Learnings:
  • Organizing code in a three-tier architecture
  • Using dependency injection for unit testable services
  • Configuring Spring beans via XML and Java
  • Conditional bean configurations for multiple versions

Part #4 - Manage a production environment with Spring Boot

• Learnings:
  • Setting up logging for application issue tracking
  • Getting started with Spring Boot Actuator
  • Enabling and creating custom Actuator endpoints

How to Run

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone <repository-url>
   cd Watchlist

2. Set up the OMDB API key:

   export OMDB_API_KEY=your_api_key

3. Build and run the application:

   ./mvnw clean package
   ./mvnw spring-boot:run

Project Features

• Watchlist Management: Add, update, and view watchlist items.
• Form Validation: Ensure valid input for watchlist items.
• External API Integration: Fetch movie ratings from the OMDB API.
• Three-Tier Architecture: Well-organized codebase for maintainability and testability.
• Actuator Endpoints: Monitor and manage the application in a production environment.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please create an issue or submit a pull request for any enhancements or bug fixes.