Steps to run project :

1. Install java8 (jdk) on your machine

2. On command line run :
   java -version
   output should be similar to : Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_111-b14)

3. Install maven and make sure you can access mvn command from command line To check maven installation run following
   mvn --version
   output should be similar to : Apache Maven 3.3.9 (bb52d8502b132ec0a5a3f4c09453c07478323dc5; 2015-11-10T22:11:47+05:30)

4. go to project directory dropwizard-example on command line ( cd PATH_TO_dropwizard-example_dir)
   e.g. cd /Users/jitendragangwar/downloads/dropwizard-example

5. Type following commands on terminal then hit enter
   i) mvn clean compile package
   ii) java -jar target/dropwizard-example-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar server src/main/resources/local/config.yml

6. This project exposes following 2 apis

   1. /demo/name : A GET api , it simply returns a map , which contains application name
      using curl you can hit this api as follows :
      curl -X GET http://localhost:8080/demo/name
      Response :: {"name":"Dropwizard Basic Example"}
   2. /demo/dummy : A POST api , it takes input an object consisting of firstName and lastname in json format
      and returns same object as json
      usage :
      curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"firstName":"Java","lastName":"Server"}' 'http://localhost:8080/demo/dummy'
      Response : {"firstName":"Java","lastName":"Server"}

Steps to develop project :

1. Install IntellijIdea community edition or eclipse ( I prefer IntelliJ Idea )
2. Click on File and then click on open , browse to example project dir ,select this dir, then open it
3. You might need to set up jdk path in intellij ( it might show you this message , just click on it and then select your java installation path)
4. Now develop your code
5. Application start class is DropApplication.java . Here you will write some code in run method for exposing cache apis
6. You can also run project using Intellij by creating a main configuration , detailes steps are given in intellij idea zip
7. Some useful shortcut for intellij -> Alt + Enter : auto complete and suggestion
   -> Cltr + left click : on class Name or function name : to see it's definition
   -> Cltr+Shift+O / Cltr+Shift+N : type class name and open it

Visit Url : https://medium.com/@jitrigal/dropwizard-setup-on-intellij-idea-d73d527d9208