Build a Mini Tmall E‑Commerce Site with Spring Boot – Quick Tutorial

As Double 11 approaches, the author decided to create a mini Tmall e‑commerce project based on Spring Boot, aimed at beginners who want to explore a simple yet functional online store.

The mini Tmall replicates most of the main features of the real platform: user registration and login, product browsing, adding items to the cart or favorites, placing orders, payment, confirming receipt, and leaving five‑star reviews. The admin side provides product management, order processing, user and merchant management, and overall transaction statistics.

Technology stack :

Spring Boot

MySQL / Druid

Log4j2

Maven

ECharts

Bootstrap

The UI is divided into a front‑end shopping page and a back‑end management console, with screenshots that closely resemble the original Tmall appearance.

Front‑end example:

Back‑end management interface:

Deployment requires four simple steps:

Download the project source code.

Import the provided SQL file into a MySQL database.

Open the project in IDEA, refresh Maven dependencies, and download required packages.

Configure the database connection and run the SpringBootApplication class.

After these steps, the front‑end is accessible at http://localhost:8080/tmall and the admin console at http://localhost:8080/tmall/admin. Developers can further extend the project as needed.