A typical Spring Boot project follows a well-organized structure that helps separate concerns and organize code for maintainability and scalability.
springbootapplicationcourse/
├── src/
│ ├── main/
│ │ ├── java/
│ │ │ └── com/example/springbootapplicationcourse/
│ │ │ ├── controller/
│ │ │ ├── service/
│ │ │ ├── repository/
│ │ │ ├── model/
│ │ │ └── SpringbootapplicationcourseApplication.java
│ │ └── resources/
│ │ ├── application.properties
│ │ ├── static/
│ │ └── templates/
│ └── test/
│ └── java/
│ └── com/example/springbootapplicationcourse/
│ └── (test classes)
├── pom.xml
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controller/
Contains REST controllers that handle HTTP requests and responses. -
service/
Holds business logic and application services. -
repository/
Interfaces responsible for data access, often extending Spring Data JPA repositories. -
model/
Domain entities and data transfer objects (DTOs). -
SpringbootapplicationcourseApplication.java
The main class with themain()method that starts the Spring Boot application. -
resources/application.properties
Configuration file for application settings like database, ports, logging, etc. -
resources/static/
Folder to serve static files (JS, CSS, images). -
resources/templates/
Template files (e.g., Thymeleaf or other view engines) if you build a web UI. -
test/
Contains test classes for unit and integration tests.