Usage: $ gradle bootRun ... Edit files in src/main/resources and see the changes live in a web app (e.g. static resources in /static). The old functionality of bootRun has been replaced (since it didn't add a lot of value and also didn't expose any JMV argument setters of anything). This new feature set is backed by any existing "run" task configuration. In addition autodetects a main class if there is one in the project sources, so no need for mainClassName = '...' in build.gradle. Applies the 'application' plugin (so no need to declare that either). Fixes gh-225
Spring Boot - Tools
Spring Boot Tools provides a logical grouping for our various build system plugins, and the modules that support them. We provide a spring-boot-maven-plugin and spring-boot-gradle-plugin for Maven and Gradle respectively.
If you are interested in how we support executable archives, take a look at the spring-boot-loader module. If you need to create executable archives from a different build system, spring-boot-loader-tools may help.