Review

We have just completed our application! In the previous sections, we have discussed the functional specs, created the Java classes, declared the configuration files, and wrote the HTMl files. In this section, we will build and run the application using Maven, and show how to import the project in Eclipse.

Part 1: Introduction and Functional Specs
Part 2: Redis setup
Part 3: Java classes
Part 4: XML configuration
Part 5: HTML (with AJAX)
Part 6: Running the Application

Running the Application

Access the source code

To download the source code, please visit the project's Github repository (click here)

Preparing the data source

Run Redis (see Part 2 for instructions)
There's no need to populate the database with sample data because our InitRedisService will insert our sample data automatically

Building with Maven

Ensure Maven is installed
Open a command window (Windows) or a terminal (Linux/Mac)
Run the following command:
```
mvn tomcat:run
```

You should see the following output:

[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'tomcat'.
[INFO] artifact org.codehaus.mojo:tomcat-maven-plugin: checking for updates from central
[INFO] artifact org.codehaus.mojo:tomcat-maven-plugin: checking for updates from snapshots
[INFO] ------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building spring-redis-tutorial Maven Webapp
[INFO]    task-segment: [tomcat:run]
[INFO] ------------------------------------------
[INFO] Preparing tomcat:run
[INFO] [apt:process {execution: default}]
[INFO] [resources:resources {execution: default-resources}]
[INFO] [tomcat:run {execution: default-cli}]
[INFO] Running war on http://localhost:8080/spring-redis-tutorial
Feb 8, 2012 8:57:04 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Embedded start
INFO: Starting tomcat server
Feb 8, 2012 8:57:04 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine start
INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/6.0.29
Feb 8, 2012 8:57:05 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: Initializing Spring root WebApplicationContext
Feb 8, 2012 8:57:07 PM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol init
INFO: Initializing Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8080
Feb 8, 2012 8:57:07 PM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol start
INFO: Starting Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8080

Note:

If the project will not build due to missing repositories, please enable the repositories section in the pom.xml!

Access the Entry page

Follow the steps with Building with Maven
Open a browser
Enter the following URL (8080 is the default port for Tomcat):
```
http://localhost:8080/spring-redis-tutorial/
```

Import the project in Eclipse

Ensure Maven is installed
Open a command window (Windows) or a terminal (Linux/Mac)
Run the following command:
```
mvn eclipse:eclipse -Dwtpversion=2.0
```

You should see the following output:

[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'eclipse'.
[INFO] org.apache.maven.plugins: checking for updates from central
[INFO] org.apache.maven.plugins: checking for updates from snapshots
[INFO] org.codehaus.mojo: checking for updates from central
[INFO] org.codehaus.mojo: checking for updates from snapshots
[INFO] artifact org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-eclipse-plugin: checking for updates from central
[INFO] artifact org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-eclipse-plugin: checking for updates from snapshots
[INFO] -----------------------------------------
[INFO] Building spring-redis-tutorial Maven Webapp
[INFO]    task-segment: [eclipse:eclipse]
[INFO] -----------------------------------------
[INFO] Preparing eclipse:eclipse
[INFO] No goals needed for project - skipping
[INFO] [eclipse:eclipse {execution: default-cli}]
[INFO] Adding support for WTP version 2.0.
[INFO] -----------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESSFUL
[INFO] -----------------------------------------

This command will add the following files to your project:

.classpath
.project
.settings
target

You may have to enable "show hidden files" in your file explorer to view them

Open Eclipse and import the project

Conclusion

That's it! We've have successfully completed our Spring MVC 3.1 web application. We've learned how to setup Redis and access it through Spring Data Redis. Furthermore, we used AJAX to make the application responsive.

I hope you've enjoyed this tutorial. Don't forget to check my other tutorials at the Tutorials section.