jdaugherty commented on code in PR #14880: URL: https://github.com/apache/grails-core/pull/14880#discussion_r2188512027
########## INSTALL: ########## @@ -1 +1,82 @@ -For installation instructions see <https://docs.grails.org/latest/guide/single.html#build>. +Grails Installation Guide +======================= + +Grails is a powerful Groovy-based web application framework for the JVM built on top of Spring Boot that has many plugins to further extend its functionality. The full documentation for how to install Grails via different mechanisms & use it can be found at `https://docs.grails.org/latest`. This document specifically covers the basic building & installation of Grails from a source distribution. + +How to use the source distribution +------------------------------ +Grails is ultimately a set of libraries & Gradle build plugins that are used to create a Grails Application. Getting started with Grails requires knowing which libraries & which Gradle plugins to use. Since these dependencies will vary based on the application type, Grails also ships with a set of CLI commands to assist with application generation. Thus, the source distribution can be used to build & publish the code used by Grails applications. It can also be used to build the CLI commands that assist with application generation for that published code. + +Requirements & Tooling Setup for Building +------------------------------ +Grails requires a Java Development Kit (JDK) & Gradle (https://www.gradle.org) to build. Only specific versions are supported. A configuration file, `.sdkmanrc`, for SDKMAN! (https://sdkman.io/) exists in the source root to make it easier to setup the preferred tooling. This file contains the minimum versions to build Grails. Review Comment: It's the version we are targeting- it may work with earlier versions but it's the version we build with and support. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: notifications-unsubscr...@grails.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org
