Example of MVC EE (J2EE) application of a bookshop using Java back-end and React.js as front-end.

1. Install jdk 17 or above
2. Install Tomcat 8
3. Install Maven 3.8.1 or above
4. Install Derby 10.15.2.0

1. Create bookshop database
2. Run Database
3. Build web-application
4. Deploy and run web-application

Run ij Derby tool in the folder where you want to create the database , copy here *.sql files from project root and launch this command :

CONNECT 'jdbc:derby:bookshop;create=true';
run 'bookshop.sql';
run 'insert_bookshop.sql';
commit;
exit

In the folder where is created the database launch this command:

.\bin\startNetworkServer.bat

Run the following command :

mvn  clean compile war:war

Deploying the artifact bookshop.war in Tomcat 8 server and run it, test the application with this link.

http://localhost:8080/bookshop/index.html

You could see the following pages:

1. Install npm

Use react-js folder to play with react , after launch the build:

cd react-js
npm run build

When updated deploy the project web-application again on the server.