Minimalistic Java EE 8 Quickstarter
A quickstart maven archetype for creating greenfield Java EE 8 projects
Fire up your CLI and type:
mvn archetype:generate -Dfilter=com.airhacks:javaee8-essentials-archetype
to create a fully fledged Java EE 8 "kB" project. Use the most recent version.
In the IDE of your choice use the group com.airhacks, then the artifact id javaee8-essentials-archetype and also select the most recent version.