Note

This project is archived and no longer maintained.

It stays available read-only as a reference example. Dependency updates have stopped, so the versions below reflect the state at archival — expect them to fall behind. Feel free to fork it if you want to build on it.

Spring Boot Devbox Isolated Environment Demo

Project Overview

This project is a demonstration of a simple Spring Boot application using Devbox to create an isolated development environment. The goal is to ensure that all dependencies and configurations are managed within the project, promoting consistency across different development setups.

Technology Stack

• Spring Boot Version: 4.1.1
• Java Version: 24

Dependencies

The project includes the following dependencies:

• Spring Boot Starter Web: For serving the web application, including RESTful services.
• Spring Boot Starter Test: For unit testing with Spring Boot.

Building and Running the Project

Prerequisites

Ensure that you have Devbox installed and configured. Devbox manages the dependencies and environment configurations.

Steps to Run

Option 1: Locally

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/eth-library/devbox-spring-demo.git
   

2. Navigate to the Project Directory

   cd devbox-spring-demo
   

3. Switch to Devbox shell

   devbox shell
   

4. Start the webserver

   mvn spring-boot:run
   

5. Send a request to the endpoint

   curl "http://localhost:8080/greeting?name=Devbox%20Tester"
   

Option 2: Using GitHub Codespaces

1. Fork this repository

2. From the Code dropdown, select Create codespace on main

3. Once the codespace has loaded, run devbox run start in the terminal to start the webserver.

   devbox run start

4. When prompted, click Open in Browser.

Tip

If the popup is not visible, you can navigate to the Forwarded Ports tab, and open the Forwarded Address for port 8080.

5. Success! You'll see the landing page and can now curl the greeting endpoint!

Custom Maven Settings

To maintain an isolated environment, a custom maven.config file is provided in the .mvn directory. This configuration ensures that all Maven dependencies are stored locally within the project rather than in a global repository. This approach helps to keep the development environment fully isolated, avoiding any interference from global dependencies.