Running the Application Using Maven

Ahoy there, mateys! Are you ready to set sail on a new adventure in Spring Boot? In this article, we’ll be exploring one of the ways to run a Spring Boot application using Maven. Specifically, we’ll be using the ‘mvn spring-boot:run’ command to launch our application. So hoist the sails and let’s get started!

Using the ‘mvn spring-boot:run’ Command

Before we can run our Spring Boot application using Maven, we need to make sure that we have Maven installed on our system. If you haven’t installed Maven yet, don’t worry, just follow these simple steps:

1. Head to the Maven download page and download the appropriate package for your operating system.
2. Once the download is complete, extract the files to a directory of your choice.
3. Set the MAVEN_HOME environment variable to the path of the directory where you extracted Maven.
4. Add the Maven bin directory to your system’s PATH environment variable.

With Maven installed, we can now use the ‘mvn spring-boot:run’ command to start our Spring Boot application.

1. Open up a command prompt or terminal and navigate to the root directory of your Spring Boot project.

2. Type the following command and hit enter:

   mvn spring-boot:run
   

   This will start your Spring Boot application using Maven. The Maven build system will automatically download any required dependencies and start the embedded web server.

3. Once the application has started, you can access it by opening up a web browser and navigating to http://localhost:8080.

   Congratulations! You have successfully run your Spring Boot application using Maven.

Conclusion

In this article, we’ve explored one of the ways to run a Spring Boot application using Maven. By using the ‘mvn spring-boot:run’ command, we can start our application quickly and easily. So the next time you set sail on a new Spring Boot adventure, remember to use Maven to navigate the choppy waters of application deployment. Fair winds and following seas, mateys!