Find the most efficient routes for a fleet of vehicles.
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Install Java and Maven, for example with Sdkman:
$ sdk install java $ sdk install maven
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Git clone the timefold-quickstarts repo and navigate to this directory:
$ git clone https://github.com/TimefoldAI/timefold-quickstarts.git ... $ cd timefold-quickstarts/java/vehicle-routing
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Start the application with Maven:
$ mvn quarkus:dev
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Visit http://localhost:8080 in your browser.
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Click on the Solve button.
Then try live coding:
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Make some changes in the source code.
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Refresh your browser (F5).
Notice that those changes are immediately in effect.
For high-scalability use cases, switch to Timefold Solver Enterprise Edition, our commercial offering. Contact Timefold to obtain the credentials required to access our private Enterprise Maven repository.
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Create
.m2/settings.xml
in your home directory with the following content:<settings> ... <servers> <server> <!-- Replace "my_username" and "my_password" with credentials obtained from a Timefold representative. --> <id>timefold-solver-enterprise</id> <username>my_username</username> <password>my_password</password> </server> </servers> ... </settings>
See Settings Reference for more information on Maven settings.
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Start the application with Maven:
$ mvn clean quarkus:dev -Denterprise
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Visit http://localhost:8080 in your browser.
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Click on the Solve button.
Then try live coding:
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Make some changes in the source code.
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Refresh your browser (F5).
Notice that those changes are immediately in effect.
When you’re done iterating in quarkus:dev
mode, package the application to run as a conventional jar file.
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Compile it with Maven:
$ mvn package
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Run it:
$ java -jar ./target/quarkus-app/quarkus-run.jar
NoteTo run it on port 8081 instead, add
-Dquarkus.http.port=8081
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Visit http://localhost:8080 in your browser.
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Click on the Solve button.
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Build a container image:
$ mvn package -Dcontainer
The container image name
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Run a container:
$ docker run -p 8080:8080 --rm $USER/vehicle-routing:1.0-SNAPSHOT
To increase startup performance for serverless deployments, build the application as a native executable:
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Compile it natively. This takes a few minutes:
$ mvn package -Dnative
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Run the native executable:
$ ./target/*-runner
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Visit http://localhost:8080 in your browser.
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Click on the Solve button.
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