This is a Gradle project utilizing SpringBoot.
The file application.properties has information on datasource and other parameterized variables that are used in the project.
1. build.gradle is the main file with dependencies and other configurations. It is the equivalent of pom.xml for a maven project.
./gradlew clean bootRun
This will start tomcat listening on 8080 (default), and can be accessed at localhost:8080.
./gradlew clean build or ./gradlew clean build -Dskip.tests