Archive for February 2021
Static content and webjars in Micronaut applications
Sometimes I need to add a very simple UI to my Micronaut applications. Lightweight javascript libraries such as JQuery or AngularJS are quite convenient for this purpose. Traditionally CDNs are used to reference and download these libraries at runtime, but I prefer to use webjars. This way my app will continue to work even if there is no internet connection or if certain CDN is blocked by e.g. corporate network policies.
Step 1
Add dependency to the webjar. In gradle this would look like:
runtimeOnly('org.webjars:jquery:3.5.1')Step 2
Add following configuration to application.yml
micronaut:
application:
name: myapp
router:
static-resources:
default:
paths:
- "classpath:public"
- "classpath:META-INF/resources/webjars"Step 3
Create static resources (html, js, css) under src/main/resources/public
Step 4
Reference webjar javascript library from html
<head>
<script src="jquery/3.5.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
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