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jwebgen

v0.1.2

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CLI to scaffold Jakarta Servlet/JSP apps with build, deploy, and dev scripts.

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mourtallamourtalla

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javaservletjspgeneratorcli

Readme

jwebgen

Small CLI to scaffold Servlet/JSP (Jakarta) web apps and wire up build, deploy, and dev scripts.

You need: Node 22.x+ (LTS supported), JDK 11+, Maven. Works on Linux, macOS, Windows. Generated projects lean on Node scripts (.mjs); .sh wrappers are optional.

Install

From npm (Node 22.x+):

npm install -g jwebgen@latest
# prereleases from branch next:
npm install -g jwebgen@next
# or: npx jwebgen@latest --help

npx jwebgen (without a path) resolves the published package from the registry, not a local clone.

From a clone:

git clone https://github.com/Mourtalla-8/jwebgen
cd jwebgen
npm ci
npm i -g .

Without global install, run the local CLI from the repo root, for example node bin/jwebgen.js --help or npx . --help.

New project

jwebgen --new myapp              # interactive
jwebgen --new myapp --yes        # no prompts (server chosen on first --dev / --deploy)
jwebgen --new myapp --yes --tomcat

Tooling sits in .jwebgen/; the Maven tree stays normal (src/, pom.xml, target/).

jwebgen --build
jwebgen --deploy
jwebgen --dev          # or --watch
jwebgen --status

Full flag list: jwebgen --help.

Setup / installs

jwebgen --setup checks Java, Maven, Tomcat/WildFly (real probes where it can). --setup --dry-run only prints what it would do. Java installs go through --setup, not --install.

jwebgen --install maven|tomcat|wildfly is for non-interactive tooling installs (mainly Windows portable flows).

Paths and ports

Set TOMCAT_HOME / CATALINA_HOME and WILDFLY_HOME (or WILDFLY_DEPLOYMENTS) if your layout isn’t the usual package or Homebrew paths. JWEBGEN_HTTP_PORT changes the app URL in --status and scripts.

Two services on :8080 will bite you—stop one or change the port.

Smoke test (from repo)

npm ci
npm run smoke:global-install

Troubleshooting & contributing

TROUBLESHOOTING.md · CONTRIBUTING.md

Releases are automated with semantic-release on push to main (stable, npm latest) and next (prereleases, npm next). Use Conventional Commits; workflow: develop → PR → next → PR → main. See CONTRIBUTING.md. Workflows live under .github/workflows/.