Overview

• This is a template, which you can start from
• We are using: Play Framework 2.8, Java 11, Webpack, ReactJs, Ebean ORM, MYSQL
• In the view you will find a button, this will insert a new row in database, using Ebean ORM to connect Java and MYSQL

Pre Requisites

Install the following:

• Java
• sbt
• Mysql 5 or 8.0

Setup Project

Clone into your local:

git clone https://github.com/gomezf09/java_play_mysql_Ebean_reactJs.git

Update database username and password in application.config. You can use environment variables for it, like this:

db.default.url=${?DB_CONNECT_URL}
db.default.username=${?DB_USERNAME}
db.default.password=${?DB_PASSWORD}

Create a database called: test_db (if you are using another name, be sure to update the file application.config)

Depending of the MYSQL version you had installed, update build.sbt

Setup backend

sbt compile

Install react dependencies

cd react
npm install

Run the project

Frontend

cd react
npm start

Backend

sbt run

Also you can run backend using an IDE, in that case you just need to run frontend