Acebook

This is a java/springboot project to be developed on. There's a video tour of the application here but you should read through these docs first.

The application uses:

• maven to build the project
• thymeleaf for templating
• flyway to manage postgres db migrations
• selenium for feature testing
• faker to generate fake names for testing
• junit4 for unit testing
• spring-security for authentication and user management

Below, you'll find specific learning objectives for each tool.

QuickStart Instructions

• Fork and clone this repository to your machine
• Open the codebase in an IDE like InteliJ or VSCode
• Create a new Postgres database called acebook_springboot_development
• Install Maven brew install maven
• Build the app and start the server, using the Maven command mvn spring-boot:run

The database migrations will run automatically at this point

• Visit http://localhost:8080/users/new to sign up

Running the tests

• Install chromedriver using brew install chromedriver
• Start the server in a terminal session mvn spring-boot:run
• Open a new terminal session and navigate to the Acebook directory
• Run your tests in the second terminal session with mvn test

All the tests should pass. If one or more fail, read the next section.

Common Setup Issues

The application is not running

For the feature tests to execute properly, you'll need to have the server running in one terminal session and then use a second terminal session to run the tests.

Chromedriver is in the wrong place

Selenium uses Chromedriver to interact with the Chrome browser. If you're on a Mac, Chromedriver needs to be in /usr/local/bin. You can find out where it is like this which chromedriver. If it's in the wrong place, move it using mv.

Chromedriver can't be opened

Your Mac might refuse to open Chromedriver because it's from an unidentified developer. If you see a popup at that point, dismiss it by selecting Cancel, then go to System Preferences, Security and Privacy, General. You should see a message telling you that Chromedriver was blocked and, if so, there will be an Open Anyway button. Click that and then re-try your tests.

Existing features

This app already has a few basic features

• A user can sign up at /users/new
• A signed up user can sign in at /login
• A signed in user can create posts at /posts
• A signed in user can sign out at /logout

Design

This app uses the repository pattern. The repository pattern separates the business logic of models from the responsibility of connecting to the database and making queries. Take a look in the src/main/java/repository and you'll find PostRepository which generates and executes queries to Create, Read, Update and Delete (CRUD) posts. Depending on what you've built in the past, it might or might not feel familiar to you.

Initial learning goals

You don't need an in-depth knowledge of each dependency listed above. Once you can tick off these learning goals, you're ready to dive in. It's assumed that you can already TDD the Takeaway Challenge, or something of similar complexity, in Java. It's OK if you need to pause here with Acebook and learn how to do that now :)

Maven

• I can explain what pom.xml is for
• I can start the app using Maven

Thymeleaf

• I can explain the code in posts/index.html
• I can plan a new template that could be used for editing a post

Flyway

• I can explain what a migration is
• I can explain when migrations are run
• I can explain the code in the two migration files in this directory /db/migration/
• I can explain the naming convention for flyway migration files

Selenium

• I can explain the code in SignUpTest.java
• I can write a new feature test for unsuccessful sign up

Faker

• I can explain what Faker does
• I can explain why it's useful

JUnit4

• I can explain the code in PostTest.java
• I could add more test cases to PostTest.java

The repository pattern

• I can explain the repository pattern

SpringBoot

• I can diagram how this SpringBoot application handles GET "/posts"

Spring Security

• I can explain how this app is secured

Resources

• Some great videos on Spring Security. Don't watch them all, but do watch the first couple if you want an overview.