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Vaadin CLI

Written by Artur Signell | May 2, 2019

A Command Line Interface (CLI) for creating new Vaadin projects.

Creating a new project

  1. Install Node from https://nodejs.org/ if you do not have it installed

  2. Go to the folder where you want to create a project (a sub directory is created) and run

npx @vaadin/cli init my-project
# my-project is the project name and the folder to create

  1. Start the project as

cd my-project
mvn spring-boot:run

  1. Open http://localhost:8080 to view the application

Testing pre-releases

If you want to create a project using the latest pre-release, add --pre to the command, e.g.

npx @vaadin/cli init --pre my-project

Choosing the technology stack

By default, a Spring Boot project is created.

To create a plain Java project, use

npx @vaadin/cli init --tech plain-java my-project

To create a JavaEE project, use

npx @vaadin/cli init --tech javaee my-project

Status

Do you find this approach useful? What features would you like to see? Comment below and we will improve the tool!
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