🚀 Employee REST API – HPE Forage Simulation

A fully working Spring Boot RESTful API to manage employee records, created as part of the Hewlett Packard Enterprise – Software Engineering Virtual Experience on Forage.

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📌 Project Features

• ✅ RESTful API using Spring Boot
• ✅ GET /employees to fetch employee list
• ✅ MVC architecture (Model, Service, Controller)
• ✅ Unit testing with JUnit 5
• ✅ Clean, modular Java codebase

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🧪 API Endpoints

Method	Endpoint	Description
GET	/employees	Fetch all employees

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📁 Project Structure

employee-rest-api-hpe/ ├── src/ │ ├── main/ │ │ ├── java/com/example/demo/ │ │ │ ├── controller/ │ │ │ ├── model/ │ │ │ └── service/ │ ├── test/ │ └── java/com/example/demo/ │ ├── controller/ │ └── service/ ├── pom.xml └── README.md

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🚀 How to Run the App Locally

🛠 Prerequisites

• Java 17
• Maven

▶️ Run the app

mvn clean install
mvn spring-boot:run


Access endpoint at:
🔗 http://localhost:8080/employees

✅ Run Unit Tests
mvn test


🎓 About the Simulation
This project was completed as part of the HPE Forage Software Engineering Virtual Experience Program.
It demonstrates skills in REST API development, Spring Boot, testing with JUnit, and Java backend fundamentals.

📬 Contact
Made with ❤️ by Ganesh Moorthy
🔗 LinkedIn – Mr-Techganesh