README.md

Java Spring Boot API Coding Exercise

Steps to get started:

Prerequisites

• Maven
• Java 1.8 (or higher, update version in pom.xml if needed)

Fork the repository and clone it locally

• https://github.com/Tekmetric/interview.git

Import project into IDE

• Project root is located in backend folder

Build and run your app

• mvn package && java -jar target/interview-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar

Test that your app is running

• curl -X GET http://localhost:8080/api/welcome

After finishing the goals listed below create a PR

Goals

1. Design a CRUD API with data store using Spring Boot and in memory H2 database (pre-configured, see below)
2. API should include one object with create, read, update, and delete operations. Read should include fetching a single item and list of items.
3. Provide SQL create scripts for your object(s) in resources/data.sql
4. Demo API functionality using API client tool

Considerations

This is an open ended exercise for you to showcase what you know! We encourage you to think about best practices for structuring your code and handling different scenarios. Feel free to include additional improvements that you believe are important.

H2 Configuration

• Console: http://localhost:8080/h2-console
• JDBC URL: jdbc:h2:mem:testdb
• Username: sa
• Password: password

Submitting your coding exercise

Once you have finished the coding exercise please create a PR into Tekmetric/interview