I have used the free NetBeans IDE from Oracle to edit, debug and build the application.
I have made the following changes in the new branch:
Included the .gitignore file, so all of us will have the same settings
In .gitignore I have removed the / from the name of the .properties files, because for debugging those files need to be in the src directory. This way wherever they are, will be ignored.
Updated the "create_tables.sql" file with the latest table definitions form the production database to reflect the newly added columns.
I have used the free NetBeans IDE from Oracle to edit, debug and build the application.
I have made the following changes in the new branch: