Vaadin 7 UI Design By Example Beginner's Guide

Time for action – creating a new Vaadin project

Steps for creating a new Vaadin project are as follows:

1. Open a new terminal in your operating system and move to the directory you want your project to be created in.
2. Run the command line shown as follows:

   mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeGroupId=com.vaadin -DarchetypeArtifactId=vaadin-archetype-application -DarchetypeVersion=7.0.0 -Dpackaging=war
   

3. Enter your preferred groupId and press Enter. For example, com.example.welcome.
4. Enter welcome as artifactId and press Enter.
5. Press Enter to accept the default version.
6. Press Enter to accept the default package.
7. Confirm that everything is OK by typing Y and press Enter.

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