How to run a vertx application packaged as fat jar Maven shade plugin – this helps us build a fat-jar, a single jar with all the dependents jar files.

mvn clean package java -jar demo-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT-fat.jar

How to run a vertx application using main method check out the com.wolftechnica.vertx.main.Test class

How to run a vertx application using eclipse run/debug configuration > Open run configuration, in main tab add "io.vertx.core.Starter" as main class > in the program arguments, add "run your.verticle.Class"