Share Your Java CLI Apps with Ease

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Shows how to share small Java CLI programs as editable source plus libraries instead of full Gradle projects by using the Java single-file launcher (Java 11) together with Java 22 JEP 458 to fetch dependent classes. Packs a shell wrapper and a ZIP bundle produced by a Makefile or Gradle task to deliver a script-like runnable bundle; demonstrates with a ~240-line SQL test-data generator and notes the downside that the JVM recompiles on each run with no hot cache.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 1:01Fast CLI Java apps need
3. 2:23Java scripting with JDK
4. 3:29Shibang problems in Java
5. 5:13Java 11+ solution
6. 6:39Data generation example
7. 7:40Sharing and packaging apps
8. 8:43Makefile or Gradle usage
9. 10:06Java 22 limits and changes
10. 11:30Compile on each run
11. 12:14Classic alternatives
12. 12:44Q&A

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