Spring Boot Task Management REST API
A REST API for managing tasks and projects built with Spring Boot, using Spring Data JPA against a PostgreSQL database, with layered controller/service/repository architecture. Learners practice Spring Boot conventions, JPA entity relationships, and REST API design.
- Estimate
- ~10h
- Steps
- 6
- Completed by
- 0
- Proposed by
- codeseed.app
Spring Boot · Spring Data JPA · PostgreSQL
Project roadmap
- 01
Scaffold the project
~1hCreate a Spring Boot project and configure the PostgreSQL datasource.
- 02
Define entities
~1.5hDefine Task and Project JPA entities with a one-to-many relationship between them.
- 03
Build the layered architecture
~2.5hImplement repository, service, and REST controller layers for task management.
- 04
Add validation and error handling
~1.5hAdd validation annotations to request DTOs and a global exception handler.
- 05
Add filtering and pagination
~1.5hSupport filtering by status and paginated results on the task listing endpoint.
- 06
Write integration tests
~2hWrite integration tests using Spring Boot Test against an embedded database.
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