Item Service - Using Swagger to Document the REST API

Now that we have a REST API, let's document it using Swagger. Swagger makes it easy for other developers and tools to consume our REST API.

Item Service - Building a RESTful Service with Spring Boot

In this post we will build a microservice using Spring Boot.  This service will be responsible for interacting with our items that we are storing in our MySQL database.

Item Service - Setting up a Development Database Using Docker

In the following posts I will be creating an online store using microservices that will be deployed to Amazon Web Services (AWS).  The first service will be used to manage the items sold in the store.  The item service will be developed in Java using Spring Boot.  In this post I will setup a MySQL database I will be using for my development using Docker.