README.md

TBD Spring Portfolio Starter

Runtime link: TBD https://jportfolio.nighthawkcodingsociety.com/

Visual thoughts

* Starter code should be fun and practical

* Organize with Bootstrap menu

* Add some color and fun through VANTA Visuals (birds, halo, solar, net)

* Show some practical and fun links (hrefs) like Twitter, Git, Youtube

* Show student project specific links (hrefs) per page

* Show student TPT ideas

* Show student About me pages

Getting started

* Clone project to IntelliJ

* Verify Project Structure to use a good Java JDK (adopt-openJ9-15)

* Play or entry point is Main.java, look for play option in tray. This file eanbles Spring to load

* Java source (src/main/java) had Java files. Find "controllers" path, these files enable HTTP route and HTML file relationship. Note, html

* HTML source (src/main/resources) had templates and supporting files. Find index.html as this file is launched by defaul in Spring. Other HTML files are loaded by building a "@Controller"

IDE management

* A ".gitignore" can teach a Developer a lot about Java runtime. A target directory is created when you press play button, byte code is generated and files are moved into this location.

* A "pom.xml" file can teach you a lot about Java dependencies. This is similar to "requirements.txt" file in Python. It manages packages and dependencies.