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Spring Initializr is a lightweight extension to quickly generate a Spring Boot project in Visual Studio Code (VS Code). It helps you to customize your projects with configurations and manage Spring Boot dependencies.

• Generate a Maven/Gradle Spring Boot project
• Customize configurations for a new project (language, Java version, group id, artifact id, boot version and dependencies)
• Search for dependencies
• Quickstart with last settings
• Edit Spring Boot dependencies of an existing Maven Spring Boot project

• VS Code (version 1.19.0 or later)
• JDK (version 1.8.0 or later)

Open VS Code and pressF1 orCtrl + Shift + P to open command palette, selectInstall Extension and typevscode-spring-initializr.

Or launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl + P), paste the following command, and press enter.

ext install vscode-spring-initializr

• Launch VS Code
• PressCtrl + Shift + P to open command palette.
• TypeSpring Initializr to start generating a Maven or Gradle project.
• Follow the wizard.
• Right click inside thepom.xml file and chooseEdit starters for dependency refactoring. (Gradle project is not supported yet, PR is welcome for it.)

  // Default language.  "spring.initializr.defaultLanguage": "Java",  // Default Java version.  "spring.initializr.defaultJavaVersion": "11",  // Default value for Artifact Id.  "spring.initializr.defaultArtifactId": "demo",  // Default value for Group Id.  "spring.initializr.defaultGroupId": "com.example",  // Spring Initializr Service URL(s). If more than one url is specified, it requires you to select one every time you create a project.  "spring.initializr.serviceUrl": [ "https://start.spring.io" ],  // Default value for Packaging. Supported values are "JAR" and "WAR".  "spring.initializr.defaultPackaging": "JAR",  // Default value for the method of openining the newly generated project. Supported values are "", "Open" and "Add to Workspace".  "spring.initializr.defaultOpenProjectMethod": "Add to Workspace",

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This extension is licensed underMIT License.

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