True Social Platform

The True Social Platform is an implementation of simple social hub which allows sharing ideas and opinions without overhelming content. Technology stack: Java, Spring framework.

Prerequisites

You need to have the following tools installed:

• Java SE 1.8 (tested on 1.8.0_121)
• Apache Maven (tested on 3.3.9)
• MongoDB database server (tested on 3.2.10)

Installation and Commissioning

Start your MongoDB server. This may be done by typing (in the project root directory):

mkdir db                    # Creating a directory for storing data
mongod --dbpath ./db        # Starting the MongoDB server

To set up the whole infrastructure and deploy the application to a local Tomcat server, simply type:

mvn package

in the project root directory.