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Build a Basic Blog with Spring Boot

In this code lab, you’ll follow along with our instructions and create a basic blog with Spring Boot 2. You’ll create a controller that routes requests to several Thymeleaf templates to display blog data.

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Level
Clock icon Intermediate
Duration
Clock icon 1h 45m
Published
Clock icon Sep 12, 2022

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Create a controller that displays a Thymeleaf Template

    In this module, you'll create a controller that routes a request to the home template and passes data to it to display. ### Solution The solution can be found in the solution directory.

  2. Challenge

    Display Static Data from the Post Repository

    In this module, we'll add blog data to the PostRepository class and then display that data in our template.

  3. Challenge

    Add style to the home page

    In this module, we'll incorporate css and template substitution into our home template.

  4. Challenge

    Display a Post Details Page

    In this module, we'll display a post details page by adding a request mapping to the controller.

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