64.4 Running a project in-place

To run a project in place without building a jar first you can use the “bootRun” task:

$ gradle bootRun

If devtools has been added to your project it will automatically monitor your application for changes. Alternatively, you can also run the application so that your static classpath resources (i.e. in src/main/resources by default) are reloadable in the live application, which can be helpful at development time.

bootRun {
    addResources = true
}

Making static classpath resources reloadable means that bootRun does not use the output of the processResources task, i.e., when invoked using bootRun, your application will use the resources in their unprocessed form.