grumpyf0x48 / java-21-gradle-quickstart

A template repository to build a minimal Java 21 application using Gradle

java-21-gradle-quickstart

java-21-gradle-quickstart is a template repository to bootstrap a new Java application using:

• Java 21
• Gradle 8 with Kotlin DSL for build
• GraalVM for native build
• Maven Central for dependencies
• JUnit 5 for tests
• EditorConfig for code formatting
• GitHub workflow to build, test, package the application and upload its distributions
• Renovate for dependencies update

Rename the application

By default, this template creates an application named gradle_quickstart in the package org.grumpyf0x48.

Once you have created a repository using this template, you can rename it for example to brand-new-app in a package named org.your.pkg using the following command:

APPLICATION_NAME=brand-new-app \
    PACKAGE_NAME=org.your.pkg \
    make update-application

Package the application

To package the application, run the following command:

./gradlew distZip

Package the native application

./gradlew nativeDistZip

Run the application

./gradlew run

Run the native application

./gradlew nativeRun