Doc 2.0: Documentation for Web Client

[ljamen]

Environment Details

• Helidon Version: 2.0
• Helidon SE

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Problem Description

The new Helidon WebClient for Helidon SE 2.0 allows you to perform any HTTP requests to the target endpoint (via GET, PUT, etc.), and handle the provided response in a reactive way. The WebClient’s reactive approach means that you are no longer blocked while waiting for the data.

This issue will be used to track the user documentation for the Helidon Web Client. There is a separate guide for this feature as well. The doc for the web client should explain what it is, why its used, who can use it, use cases, examples, etc while the guide will walk them through a step by step to configure and run the Web Client.

[ljamen]

Hi @vanajaguru,

@Verdent will be the point of contact for this request. David this issue is tracking the creation of the conceptual/intro documentation for WebClient. We have a separate issue for creating the WebClient Guide.

David, can you please add any additional sources of information we can use to develop the content? We have these so far:
https://medium.com/helidon/helidon-web-client-72e22f5d509a
https://github.com/oracle/helidon/tree/master/examples/webclient/standalone
Web Client · oracle/helidon Wiki · GitHub
Web Client · Issue #1205 · oracle/helidon · GitHub

Do you have any recorded demos we can watch? If not, we should probably schedule one early next week.

Vanaja will have her outline ready to review on Friday.