Micronaut® Launch

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Overview

Micronaut Launch is a lightweight extension for creating Micronaut framework applications within VS Code. The Micronaut framework is a lightweight reactive framework that provides a solid foundation for building cloud native Java microservices.

Features

Create a New Micronaut Project

Requirements

VS Code (version 1.76.0 or later).

Installing the Extension

Click Install on the banner above, or from the Extensions side bar in VS Code, by searching for "Micronaut Launch".

You can also find the extension listed on the VS Code Marketplace.

Note: This extension is part of the Graal Cloud Native Extensions Pack. We recommend you install the Graal Cloud Native Extensions Pack as it provides additional extensions for Micronaut development, including the Micronaut Tools extension.

Usage

Create a New Micronaut Project

To quickly create a new project, select Command Palette from the View menu. Enter "Micronaut Launch" and invoke the Micronaut Launch: Create Micronaut Project command. The wizard will prompt you to:

Pick the Micronaut version
Pick the application type (for more information, see Creating a Project)
Pick the Java version (from the list of Java installations found on your system)
Enter a project name (or use the default "demo")
Enter a base package name (or use the default "com.example")
Pick the project language (you can build an application using Java, Groovy, or Kotlin)
Pick the project features (some of which are listed below)
Pick the build tool (Gradle or Maven)
Pick the test framework (JUnit, Spock, or Kotlintest)
Select the destination directory

Finally, select whether to open the new project in a new window or add it to the current workspace.

Extension Settings

The extension contributes the following settings:

micronaut.home - the optional path to your local Micronaut Launch Command Line Interface (CLI). Specify the local Micronaut CLI installation to be used in addition to the default Micronaut Launch web interface, for example, /usr/me/micronaut-cli-4.0.1.
micronaut.launchUrl - Optional URL for the Micronaut Launch web interface (for example, https://launch.micronaut.io). Specify a URL for the Micronaut Launch web interface in addition to the default (https://micronaut.io/launch/).