Description

SproutWeb is a responsive online shop application designed for gardening enthusiasts to effortlessly purchase plants, soil, and pots. From a technical standpoint, the application is built using a combination of React.js for the front-end and Spring Boot for the back-end.

Environmental variables

Frontend

To enable comunication between frontend and backend, in /sprount_app/src/api/axios.js replace existing BASE_URL with your own.

Example of configuration:

 BASE_URL = "http://{host}:{port}";

By default host is your localhost address. To change it add server.address in application.properties file located in /sprout/src/main/resources.

 server.address = x.x.x.x

Backend

To connect to the database, create another .env file in /sprout/src/main/resources following .env.example variable format and input variables. To generate key: https://asecuritysite.com/encryption/plain

Example of .env file:

DATABASE_URL="jdbc:postgresql://{host}:{port}/{database_name}"
DATABASE_LOGIN="postgres"
DATABASE_PASSWORD="password"

ENCRYPTION_KEY="{256-bit key}"

How to run

Frontend

to start frontend application navigate to sprout_app directory and run following command:

npm start

Backend

to start backend navigate to sprout directory and run following command:

./mvnw spring-boot:run