Technical requirements
In this chapter, we will explain how to install Ballerina using the Ballerina installer, which is the easiest way to install Ballerina. If you install Ballerina from a ZIP file, you need to install the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) on your machine. On the other hand, you can install Ballerina by building the source code. For that, you will need to install JDK11 on your computer.
The command-line arguments given in this book are a reference to Unix architecture. Here we have used the Ballerina CLI tool to maintain the Ballerina projects. For any operating system, Ballerina CLI commands are common. If you are executing any other commands that are specific to an operating system, make sure to use the appropriate commands for each operating system.
The code files for this chapter can be found on GitHub at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Cloud-Native-Applications-with-Ballerina/tree/master/Chapter02
The Code in Action video for the chapter can be found...