Building a Transaction Model in Java Spring Boot: Auto-Generate Tables in MySQL

In this video, we dive into building a Transaction model in a Java Spring Boot application from scratch, ideal for beginners and those expanding their Spring Boot skills. We'll go step-by-step through creating a Transaction model class, complete with fields like amount, date, description, and a key TransactionType enum to distinguish between income and expense entries. By the end, you’ll know how to build models efficiently and define entity properties to ensure proper data mapping in your database.

We’ll set up the @Entity and @Table annotations to automatically generate the transactions table in your database, handling all your transaction data. You’ll learn how to configure application.properties to connect Spring Boot with MySQL, so when you run the application, it dynamically generates the table structure based on our model.

This video is perfect for understanding how Spring Boot’s ORM (Object-Relational Mapping) simplifies database interactions and model creation. Join us to learn:

Creating a Transaction model with annotations and fields for tracking income and expenses.

Using @Enumerated to categorize transactions as income or expense.
Configuring application properties to update the MySQL database.

Running the application to auto-generate tables with zero manual SQL.

Checkout the source code for this Spring Boot project on GitHub:
https://github.com/richard9004/Expens...