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From: alexpdp7 <alex@pdp7.net>
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 18:49:19 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add Java tutorial (#242)

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+# A Java tutorial
+
+This tutorial walks through creating a blank Spring Boot application on Pop!_OS 22.04
+
+## Set up
+
+Open a terminal and run:
+
+```
+$ sudo apt install openjdk-21-jdk code
+```
+
+and follow the prompts.
+
+(You can install both packages from the Pop!_Shop application.
+However, when installing Visual Studio Code, Pop!_Shop defaults to the Flatpak version of the program that is more troublesome than the .deb package.
+Choosing the correct software is easier from the terminal.)
+
+Open Visual Studio Code from "Show Applications".
+
+Follow the "Walkthrough: Setup VS Code", but in the "Rich support for all your languages" step, click "Browse Language Extensions" and install "Extension Pack for Java".
+Do not install a new JDK; you installed one in a previous step.
+
+## Creating a Spring Boot application
+
+In the command palette (ctrl+shift+p), search for and execute "Java: Create Java Project...".
+
+Select "Spring Boot".
+
+Install the Initializr plugin if prompted, you might need to restart the Java project creation wizard.
+
+Select "Maven Project", select the highest Spring version that is not a snapshot.
+
+Select the Java language.
+
+Enter a group id. A group should be a domain in reverse order. The default of "com.example" is OK.
+
+Enter an artifact id. This should be a single keyword. The default of "demo" is OK.
+
+Select the jar packaging type.
+
+Select the Java 21 version matching the JDK you installed in a previous step.
+
+Add only the Spring Web dependency.
+
+When choosing the folder for the project, Visual Studio Code creates a further folder named like the artifact id you enter in a previous step.
+(So do not create a directory with your application name.)
+
+Choose File, Open Folder in the Visual Studio Code menu, then select the directory that the previous step created named like the artifact id.
+
+"Trust the authors".
+
+Navigate to the `src/main/java/com/example/demo/DemoApplication.java" file (the path varies depending on the group id and artifact id).
+
+Right click on the file and select "Run Java".
+If the "Run Java" option is not present, then you might not have "trusted the authors"; in this case, Open Folder again.
+
+Visual Studio Code displays a terminal.
+After a few moments, the terminal displays a message about the application having started.
+
+Open a browser and navigate to <http://localhost:8080>.
+The browser displays an error because the application wizard creates an empty application.
+
+## Advice for people involved in developing the software used in this tutorial
+
+### The Eddy Pop_OS! tool should allow interacting with debconf
+
+When using the Visual Studio Code .deb from Microsoft and not the .deb from Pop!_OS, installing the package from the browser fails.
+The Visual Studio Code .deb has a debconf prompt to add Microsoft package repositories.
+This locks Eddy.
+
+This is likely covered by these issues:
+
+* https://github.com/donadigo/eddy/issues/105
+* https://github.com/donadigo/eddy/issues/107
+
+### The Pop!_Shop should not default to the Visual Studio Code Flatpak
+
+Flatpaks are great most for applications, except for development tools.
+Using the Visual Studio Code Flatpak makes configuring development tools harder.
+
+### Visual Studio Code should not prompt users to download a .tar.gz archive of Java without further instructions
+
+On Linux distributions where the distribution package manager provides a reasonably recent version of Java, users can install Java through the package manager more easily.
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