Add init --type=java-webapp generation type

[aadrian]

Please add a minimal Java Web Application type to the existing project templates.
e.g. with gradle init --type=java-webapp

Thank you.

[bmuschko]

Sounds like a useful new build init application type. The tricky part will be the use of the underlying web framework which will require vastly different dependencies. How did you envision this to look like in more detail?

[adammurdoch]

I'd use a type that is more specific than "webapp", that encodes the framework or container type.

[aadrian]

@bmuschko a minimal configuration would be more than enough for start, so no web frameworks would be required:

• build.gradle configured with the war plug-in and tasks
• a simple JSP page in the correct directory
• a simple Servlet in the correct directory
• logging
• test

So basically not much more than the java-library type, just tuned for the web.

[jonathan-barbero]

I'm new to Gradle. This would be really useful.

[pioterj]

Who is doing web apps without a framework these days though? For Spring Boot, there's https://start.spring.io that can generate Gradle builds.

[jonathan-barbero]

Devs learning web. Devs learning basic Java web. Devs working on application servers. Devs that need to create an application with just a servlet, or only with static content. Devs working with open liberty instead of spring. El vie., 27 de septiembre de 2019 04:37, Piotr Jagielski < notifications@github.com> escribió:

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[britter]

Removing good first issue because it's unclear what should be implemented (e.g. which framework to use)

[hannah23280]

I support this addition. Cos I think maven also has something similar to allow generate boilerplate folders for web app. So wonder why gradle can’t do the same?

[sarnobat]

I too support this addition.

There is plenty of legacy code out there that requires the old way of doing things. I want to reproduce a minimal example of a bug in a giant web application.

And I refuse to use Spring unless my boss tells me to.

Something like this would be great:
https://github.com/GRomR1/java-servlet-hello