Setting up a development environment
To crystalize microservices concepts, a couple of microservices will be built. For this, it is assumed that the following components are installed:
- JDK 1.8: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html
- Spring Tool Suite 3.7.2 (STS): https://spring.io/tools/sts/all
- Maven 3.3.1: https://maven.apache.org/download.cgi
Alternately, other IDEs such as IntelliJ IDEA, NetBeans, or Eclipse could be used. Similarly, alternate build tools such as Gradle can be used. It is assumed that the Maven repository, class path, and other path variables are set properly to run STS and Maven projects.
This chapter is based on the following versions of Spring libraries:
- Spring Framework
4.2.6.RELEASE - Spring Boot
1.3.5.RELEASE
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