# odrotbohm/spring-restbucks

Implementation of the sample from REST in Practice based on Spring projects

Repository: https://github.com/odrotbohm/spring-restbucks
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/spring-restbucks
Language: Java
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-04-24T11:18:20+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 68/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 79, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5056, "days_push": 131, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1318, forks 423 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:21.198551+00:00)

## What it is
A sample implementation of the Restbucks ordering application from the book REST in Practice, built with Spring ecosystem technologies. It demonstrates a hypermedia-driven REST web service using HAL as the primary representation format, with an accompanying adaptive Android client.

## Use cases
- learn how to build hypermedia-driven REST APIs with Spring
- see a reference implementation of the Restbucks example from REST in Practice
- study HAL-based REST service design in Java
- explore how a hypermedia-aware client adapts to server changes
- use as a template for Spring Boot REST projects with HAL forms

## When to choose
- you are learning REST and hypermedia design patterns with the Spring ecosystem
- you want a working example of HAL and HAL-FORMS in a Spring Boot service
- you need a reference for implementing REST in Practice's Restbucks sample

## When to avoid
- you need a production-ready ordering or e-commerce system
- you want a framework or library to depend on rather than sample code
- you need a project with a maintained license or long-term support guarantees

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: http-server, api-framework, serialization
- domain: web-development, apis, developer-tools, tutorials
- platform: jvm
- tags: rest, spring, hal, hypermedia, sample-application, rest-in-practice, android, web-server

## Member repositories
- odrotbohm/spring-restbucks (main) score 68

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:21.198551+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:47:58.862253+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/odrotbohm/spring-restbucks (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:21.198551+00:00, sha d5eb77bce92e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.