Helidon 2 CLI

by Juarez Junior

Introduction

Helidon 2 introduced a CLI tool that eases the development process. Developers can create, build and run Helidon applications via the command line.

Installation

For Windows, we will need the Visual C++ Redistributable Runtime.

• x64
• x86

Then, we can use Powershell to install it. Start CMD as an administrator, and execute:

PowerShell -Command Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://helidon.io/cli/latest/windows/helidon.exe" -OutFile "C:\Windows\system32\helidon.exe"

Usage

Once installed, the available command-line options are below.

helidon CLI — usage

Create a Project — helidon init

It’s easy to create a new project. Just execute the command below and enter the project details:

cd C:\java-projects\helidon-cli
helidon init

First, select the default version (2.5.0). Next, select Helidon SE or Helidon MP. Then, the archetype such as bare, quickstart, or database…