= Spring Pulsar Sample Applications Sample applications that can be used to demonstrate and manually verify Spring Pulsar functionality. [[build-apps]] == Building To build the applications simply execute the following command from the `spring-pulsar-sample-apps` directory: [source,bash] ---- ../gradlew clean build ---- [[run-apps]] == Running === Pre-requisites **** * The components have all been built by following the <<build-apps>> steps. * Apache Pulsar standalone cluster available at `pulsar://localhost:6650` TIP: The included link:../tools/pulsar/docker/README.adoc#_start_pulsar[Pulsar tools] can be used to easily start a standalone cluster locally on the required coordinates **** === Steps Make sure the above pre-requisites are satisfied. ===== IDE To run the app in your IDE just choose `Run/Debug` on the desired sample application class. ===== Command Line To run the app on the command line open a terminal and navigate to the desired sample application directory (underneath `spring-pulsar-sample-apps`) and execute the following command: [source,bash] ---- ../../gradlew bootRun ---- TIP: When running on the command line the `add-opens` JVM args are automatically configured which prevents annoying exceptions at runtime.