Is there a plugin or some nice way to make gradle compile and test my application in the background?
I know there are some plugins for intellij and eclipse(infinitest amongst others), but I am looking for a general gradle solution regardless of the IDE.
It would be nice to start a testing-deamon and make it use growl or some other notification tool to let me know that the code is not compiling or the tests are failing.
Continuous compilation/testing/etc. are features planned for future versions of Gradle. They will be based on the existing Gradle Daemon.
Update:
Gradle introduced the continuous build feature in version 2.5. The feature is still incubating, but we can already use it in our daily development. The continuous build feature means Gradle will not shut down after a task is finished, but keeps running and looks for changes to files to re-run tasks automatically. It applies perfectly for a scenario where we want to re-run the test task while we write our code. With the continuous build feature we start Gradle once with the test task and Gradle will automatically recompile source files and run tests if a source file changes.
To use the continuous build feature we must use the command line option --continuous or the shorter version -t. With this option Gradle will start up in continuous mode. To stop Gradle we must use the Ctrl+D key combination.
http://mrhaki.blogspot.com.au/2015/08/gradle-goodness-using-continuous-build.html
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I was reading the Kotlin documentation and I came across the statement,
By default, your project will use the Gradle build system with Kotlin DSL.
What does it mean?
I've seen Gradle Kotlin option while making a new project in IntelliJ:
Can somebody explain me these, and which Bundle I should be using as a beginner?
A build system combines and simplifies some of the key tasks involved in building and distributing your program. The main things a build system does include:
Downloading any dependencies your application has
Running tests against your application
Compiling your code
Packaging up your application and its dependencies into a form you can share with others
You could run all of these tasks separately yourself, but build systems make it a lot easier and less prone to mistakes. In practice, all but the smallest projects use some kind of build system. Gradle is one such tool, but you can also use Maven, or the tools built into an IDE like IntelliJ.
Which one should I use?
If this is a personal project, the build system and tools built into an IDE like IntelliJ are more than good enough.
If you're working with other people, you might want to consider a standalone build system instead. That's because standalone build systems like Gradle can be used with multiple IDEs, and can also be used on the command line without an IDE at all. Large projects with many contributors will often run a build server that runs the build system in an automated way against all new changes, to make sure the code builds and runs as expected.
IDEs like IntelliJ have very good integration with the common build systems, including Maven and Gradle, so you won't disadvantage yourself by choosing them over the built-in IDE tools.
Maven, Gradle, or Gradle with Kotlin?
There are plenty of other resources you can find comparing Maven with Gradle. The crucial difference, though, is the way you write the build script that allows you to customise the dependencies, tests, and other parameters of your build.
In Maven, your build script is an XML file. It follows a rigid structure, providing inputs and configuration to existing tasks and plugins.
In Gradle, the build script was historically written in Groovy, a loosely-typed language that gives you a lot of flexibility. As well as configuring tasks and plugins, you can easily add your own tasks and functions.
You can also choose to write Gradle build scripts in Kotlin. This offers the same flexibility and customisation as Groovy, but the addition of a type system means the IDE can give you much more help with writing the script correctly.
There are some quite useful previous questions (especially this one but it is out of date and not a direct answer.
We have several python projects but are not moving into the world of kotlin. I am looking to unify tools somewhat by introducing gradle to automate tasks within python projects.
I have added a working sample kotlin-dsl gradle script that automates the tasks successfully when launched from a shell, but where I am blocked is adding support for this to the intellij IDE.
The first challenge is simply configuring a python project to add gradle (currently gradle does not even appear on the tool windows menu. I am thinking the python module can have python support allowing the overall project to have the jvm as this will be needed by gradle. But what to do switch intellij to recognise the allready working build.gradle.kts file in the project root folder so tasks can be launced through the IDE and not just the shell?
Note: python dependancy support is not required at this time (as per the linked in).
Assistance appreciated.
I'm facing difficulties in setting up a gradle project. During setting up of the Gradle settings in the wizard,
I am not able to use the default recommended gradle wrapper because it downloads the Gradle and the network connectivity is very bad. So I go with the local gradle distribution which I have installed in my Ubuntu. On refreshing of the gradle project after creation, I always get stuck to this error. When I run the gradle build command through the terminal on the empty project, It works fine.
I have also tried the troubleshooting solutions given by the IDE. But, that made no improvements. Need assistance to solve this problem.
Comment if any additional info required.
As no-one else has chipped in, an approach that should work is to use the Gradle Idea Plugin instead of relying on the build in support Gradle in Idea. In my experience the plugin supports a wider range of Gradle project structures than Ideasupports directly. So you would
Create a Gradle project outside Idea and confirm it all works on from the command line.
Add the Idea plugin to the project
Run 'gradle cleanIdea idea' to generate the Idea project files.
Open up the newly generated project files from Idea and off you go.
Does anyone know how I can skip JUnit tests in IntelliJ when doing a Gradle build like the following command line version? I have searched extensively for a solution but can't find one. I am in the process of converting an existing project to Gradle and need to support many developers that are not familiar with Gradle, some UX, some front end, and some Java. There are many broken Junit tests in the myriad modules and long-term we will fix them. Short term I need all other developers to use the tools they are familiar with to be able to do their job easily.
./gradlew build -x test
The Gradle-Android Compiler settings allow for command-line options but not non-android projects as shown in the IntelliJ settings dialog shown below.
You should be able to run a standard clean build from intellij if it's a gradle project (aka gradle integration in intellij). Then edit the configuration and add at the script parameters : -x test which will run the clean build (or any other task) without running tests.
I am using Intellij IDEA 2019.3 (Community Edition).
You can skip test using following settings.
You can get to this via Gradle panel located at right top corner.
Select task -> Run Configuration -> Right click -> Edit Run Configuration..
From intellij 2021.2 onwards, type the argument directly in Run text
I am trying to build a project with gradle from within Intellij Idea 12 (commercial editon) but this keeps failing. I have the gradle plugin enabled and also the gradle gui plugin. The native project gradle import is working. (I'm not using gradle idea btw.)
When using the bash I only run gradle war to build my web application. Now I want to do the same from within Intellij.
The gradle gui plugin seems to be using the wrong JDK (I guess it's the one Idea uses, a 1.6 JDK) and therefor fails to compile because this is a JDK 1.7 project. And it doesn't integrate well into Idea because it seems like an external build process (like triggering external ant tasks).
What I have done so far is to configure my own artifact in a way that is equivalent to the one gradle war would have build. But that means a lot of configuration and simply feels wrong. There should be a better way?
So what do I have to do to make Idea compile a project in a way similar to the command line gradle task?
JetGradle plugin doesn't provide native tasks support at the moment. It's scheduled for v.12.1 - IDEA-95897. Feel free to track the plugin's news and update it manually as soon as corresponding support is provided.