Checking the API
At this point, it might be interesting to introduce external tools to check the API.
Indeed, these tools are widely used and can make your life easier, especially when you want to explain it to someone or perform multiple calls on a different server.
These tools are as follows:
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Paw: This is a paid tool and only works on macOS. You can look upon it at https://paw.cloud/.
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Postman: This is a free and multiplatform application. Postman is a Google Chrome extension. You can look upon it at https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/postman/fhbjgbiflinjbdggehcddcbncdddomop?hl=en.
Once one of these tools installed, start the project in IntelliJ, and then browse to, for example, http://localhost:9000/cart/products. You should ...
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