Postgres (JPA) #WIP#

https://github.com/spring-boot-tutorials/spring-data-postgres-jpa

In this article we will configure Spring Boot to connect to a Postgres database.

Postgres Server

Install and run Postgres server

docker run --name postgres-server \
  -e POSTGRES_DB=testdb \
  -e POSTGRES_USER=my_user \
  -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=my_password \
  -p 5432:5432 \
  -d postgres

Create Initial Code Base

Go to https://start.spring.io/
Click Add Dependencies, search for Postgres, then add
Click Add Dependencies, search for Lombok, then add
Click Generate

Dependencies

Dependencies used in pom.xml

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
    <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
    <scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
    <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
    <optional>true</optional>
</dependency>

TODO