IntelliJ IDEA Plugin for Spring Boot

Internal

• IntelliJ
• Spring Boot
• Spring Initializr

Overview

The Spring Boot IntelliJ IDEA plugin uses Spring Initializr API to generate Spring Boot projects.

Installation

In IntelliJ 2021.2.1, the Spring Boot plugin is bundled and installed by default. Go to the plugin list and search for "Spring Boot".

Procedures

Create a New Spring Boot Project with Spring Initializr

This procedure is used by

Writing a REST Service with Spring Boot

Splash screen -> Create New Project -> Spring Initializr (note to not chose "Spring", but "Spring Initializr")

This procedure works even if the project was partially initialized before.

Name: The human-name for the project.

Location: Choose the root directory of the project. You can use a partially-initialized project, you'll get a warning (Directory is not empty).

Language: Java

Type: Gradle

Group: playground.smoke

Artifact: smoke

Package Name: playground.smoke

Project SDK

Java: 11

Packaging: Jar

Choose Initializr Service URL → Default https://start.spring.io → Next

Project Metadata

• Group
• Artifact
• Type (Maven Project, Maven POM, Gradle Project, Gradle Config)
• Language
• Packaging
• Java Version
• Version
• Name
• Description
• Package (autogenerated based on group, including the artifact name, you may want to modify).

Dependencies

• Core
  • DevTools
  • Security - places Spring Security on the classpath, securing the application by default.
  • Lombok
  • Configuration Processor
  • Session
  • Cache
  • Spring_Validation_Concepts#Overview
  • Retry
  • Aspects
• Web
  • Web
  • SpringWebFluxReactive Web
  • Rest Repositories
  • Rest Repositories HAL Browser
  • HATEOAS
  • Web Services
  • Jersey (JAX-RS)
  • Websocket
  • REST Docs
  • Vaadin
  • Apache CXF (JAX-RS)
  • Ratpack
  • Mobile
  • Keycloak
• Template Engines
  • Thymeleaf
  • Freemarker
  • Mustache
  • Groovy Templates
• SQL
  • JPA
  • MySQL
  • H2
  • JDBC
  • MyBatis
  • PostgreSQL
  • SQL Server
  • HSQLDB
  • Apache Derby
  • Liquibase
  • Flyway
  • JOOQ
• NoSQL
  • Redis
  • Reactive Redis
  • MongoDB
  • Reactive MongoDB
  • Embedded MongoDB
  • Elasticsearch
  • Solr
  • Cassandra
  • Reactive Cassandra
  • Couchbase
  • Reactive Couchbase
  • Neo4j
• Integration
  • Spring Integration
  • RabbitMQ
  • Kafka
  • Kafka Streams
  • JMS (ActiveMQ)
  • JMS (Artemis)
• Cloud Core
  • Cloud Bootstrap
  • Cloud Function
  • Cloud Security
  • Cloud OAuth2
  • Cloud Task
• Cloud Support
  • Cloud Connectors
  • Open Service Broker
• Cloud Config
  • Config Client
  • Config Server
  • Vault Configuration
  • Zookeeper Configuration
  • Consul Configuration
• Cloud Discovery
  • Eureka Discovery
  • Eureka Server
  • Zookeeper Discovery
  • Cloud Foundry Discovery
  • Consul Discovery
• Cloud Routing
  • Zuul
  • Gateway
  • Ribbon
  • Feign
• Cloud Circuit Breaker
  • Hystrix
  • Hystrix Dashboard
  • Turbine
  • Turbine Stream
• Cloud Tracing
  • Sleuth
  • Zipkin Client
• Cloud Messaging
  • Cloud Bus
  • Cloud Stream
  • Reactive Cloud Stream
• Cloud AWS
  • AWS Core
  • AWS JDBC
  • AWS Messaging
• Cloud Contract
  • Cloud Contract Verifier
  • Cloud Contract Stub Runner
• Pivotal Cloud Foundry
• Azure
• Spring Cloud GCP
• I/O
  • Batch
  • Mail
  • Apache Camel
  • LDAP
  • Quartz Scheduler
  • Spring Shell
  • Statemachine
• Ops
  • Actuator
  • Spring Boot Admin (Server)
  • Spring Boot Admin (Client)

Project name:

Project location:

The result is similar to:

Generated build.gradle:

build.gradle

Generated settings.gradle:

settings.gradle

Also see:

Spring Initializr Projecte Structure