Creating a Java Web App Project with Visual Studio Code

Are you looking to create your Java web app project in VS Code? You've come to the right place. 

Set up VS Code with Java

First off, you'll need to install the Java VS Code Extensions Pack.  Install Link 

Creating a Java Web App Project

1. Open up the VS Code commands menu with (⇧⌘P) or (⇧+Ctrl+P).  (Note: ⇧ = Shift)

2. Filter 'Java' or 'Java Create Project' and select Create Java Project.

3. Select Maven, use maven build system. 

4. Filter 'webapp' and select the 'maven-archetype-webapp' template. 

5. Select the archetype version 1.4+.

6. Select the generate the app output directory.

7. Maven will start by generating the project, but first it will ask some questions:

• groupId: com.brandondonnelson - I choose my domain
• artifactId: server - I choose my simple app name, 'server'. 
• version: 1.0-SNAPSHOT - I choose the default and hit enter. 
• package: com.brandondonnelson - I choose my package name, the same as the groupId.
• Confirm the setting... The project is generated based on those settings. 

8. Open the newly generated project folder, in my case 'server'.

9. The project will auto import and configure a .project and .classpath files. These files are auto generated based on the pom.xml instructions.

The same instructions can be seen here in this animated gif:

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