The Blade CLI tool is the easiest way for Liferay developers to create new Liferay modules. Blade CLI lets you
- create projects (Gradle or Maven) that can be used with any IDE or development environment
- create/manage Liferay DXP instances
- deploy modules (Gradle or Maven)
The following sub-commands are callable in the Blade CLI environment:
- convert: Converts a Plugins SDK plugin project to a Gradle Workspace project.
- create: Creates a new Liferay module project from available templates.
- deploy: Builds and deploys bundles to the Liferay module framework.
- gw: Executes Gradle command using the Gradle Wrapper, if detected.
- help: Gives help on a specific command.
- init: Initializes a new Liferay Workspace.
- install: Installs a bundle into Liferay’s module framework.
- open: Opens or imports a file or project in Liferay Dev Studio DXP.
- samples: Generates a sample project.
- server: Starts or stops server defined by your Liferay project.
- sh: Connects to Liferay DXP, executes succeeding Gogo command, and returns output.
- update: Updates Blade CLI to latest version.
- upgradeProps: Analyzes your old
portal-ext.propertiesand your newly installed 7.x server to show you properties moved to OSGi configuration files or removed from the product. - version: Displays version information about Blade CLI.
For additional information on these sub-commands, run the sub-command with the
--help flag (e.g., blade samples --help).
In this set of tutorials, you’ll learn how to use these commands to create and test Liferay DXP instances and modules.