Create your first Enonic application
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Create, build and deploy an application based on a starter
Intro
The expression "There’s an app for that" fits well with Enonic. When you created the sandbox, several applications were automatically installed (based on the Essentials template), which extended the platform’s capabilities.
Enonic apps are used to ship everything from content models to code and platform extensions, which you will soon discover.
Create an app
Open a new terminal window and create your first Enonic app by running this command:
enonic create com.example.myapp -r tutorial-intro -s mysandbox
This command will:
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use the GitHub repo
github.com/enonic/tutorial-introas a starter -
to create an app called
com.example.myapp -
in the directory
myappsetting version number to1.0.0 -
and link it to
mysandboxwhich you created earlier
| A pre-compiled standard version of this app is also available on Enonic Market. |
Project structure
Inside the myapp directory, you should now have a file structure looking something like this:
docs/ (1)
samples/ (2)
src/
main/
resources/
assets (3)
controllers (4)
i18n (5)
import (6)
site/
content-types/ (7)
x-data/ (8)
gradle.properties (9)| 1 | The documentation you are reading now |
| 2 | Code samples that will be used in this guide |
| 3 | Client-side assets |
| 4 | Server-side controllers and templates |
| 5 | Localisation bundles |
| 6 | Sample content |
| 7 | Content Type schemas |
| 8 | X-data schemas |
| 9 | App name and other settings |
Build and deploy
Assuming mysandbox is still running in another Terminal window, run these commands:
cd myapp enonic dev
The last command (dev) will build the app, deploy it to mysandbox, and start continuously watching for changes in the source code, automatically deploying the changes without you having to rebuild/redeploy the app after each change.
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The initial build may take a while. Look for these lines to confirm it has completed: |
Moving forward
You just created and built your very own application. In the next chapter you’ll get familiar with Content Studio and content modelling.
