On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 8:12 PM, Mark Koops <gradle-...@mkoops.nl> wrote:
> Hi all, > > Recently, I have started coding my first contribution to Gradle. I have to > say that it turned out for me quite a struggle to get my workspace set up > properly. > > https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/master/README.md does definitely > not provide all the essential details to get the Gradle build running > smoothly and have IntelliJ happy with the source code. > > I have to admit that although being experienced as Java programmer, I had > some challenges to overcome in discovering how to deal with Github and Git > clients on Windows (worked with multiple SCM systems, mainly SVN, but never > with Git) and how to setup IntelliJ (till now I have been doing all my Java > development with Eclipse). Especially to get IntelliJ happy with the > circular project references in the Gradle project was a big hassle. > Finally, I found a hint to turn of the build external option in IntelliJ. > > Although, I now have IntelliJ more or less working properly with the > sources, but to me it has still too much magic in it to comprehend why it > does what it does. E.g. the build external property and the JetGradle > plugin (I have it not activated, because on the first project refresh it > seems to go into an endless loop, refreshing the UI panel over and over > again). > > Next to that, it turned out that some unit/integ tests require to have a > C++ toolchain available, which I have not. > > To overcome that, I have contributed a change that allows one to set a > property to signal the build that no C++ tool chain is available to test > with. > > Altogether, to me it makes sense to describe in more detail the steps you > will need to make to get your Gradle workspace arranged and how to get the > command line build running OK as well as the IntelliJ workspace. That would > help those interested to contribute on board. > > One last remark: Googling for an advice results in so many outdated > solutions, as Gradle development is going fast. Even the Gradle project > pages at codehaus seems to contain much outdated info. > I just removed those pages at Codehaus. I weren't aware that they still exist. Hans > Therefore it seems of much importance to have some authoritative > description and/or pointers to such available on > http://www.gradle.org/development. > > Thanks, > > -- Mark >
