I think it would be interesting to have something like the archetypes but to
prevent Gradle from forcing a certain structure on users, we might add a
Gradle twist to it.
Lets say you want to start a new project you create the build.gradle file
with just the basics e.g:
usePlugin('java')
+ where you want the source / test dirs / libs ... to be, if they are not
specified the defaults are used and you have the effect of an archetype
without the extras
+ libraries that you are going to need
then you run gradle init or something like it and dirs are created/libraries
downloaded/ ... depending on the plugins there can be additional artifacts
that are created thinking of project files.
This way we don't force the structure and don't require users to know
additional command line stuff.
2009/2/4 Richard Walker <[email protected]>
>
>
> This is what I was hoping to get away from.
>
> At the first hurdle having to manually create the directories and files or
> having to drop into Maven to get started puts me off.
>
> I think it would be a real seller if I could create all the files and
> directories I needed (including the skeleton gradle.build) from just a
> command (or two).
>
> I only used Maven as an example but I was mindful other projects have the
> facility to take care of many of these manual tasks (e.g. Grails and
> scaffolding).
>
> After all the gradle motto is:
> impossible possible, the possible easy, and the easy elegant.
>
> Regards, Richard.
>
> Ps. I'd be quite happy to write some of this myself - just want to know if
> it's something that people would go for.
>
>
> Raphaël wrote:
> >
> > The maven archetype plugin could help you there.
> >
> > It is language agnostic, the only thing needed is a pom.xml (which could
> > be
> > minimal if you use graddle)
> >
> > What you have to do is just to create a archetype.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Raphaël
> >
> > 2009/2/4 Richard Walker <[email protected]>
> >
> >>
> >> Are there any archetype-like features in gradle that will allow me to
> >> quickly
> >> create a project, it's folders and basic dependencies with a command
> >> similar
> >> to that I'd find in Maven 2?
> >>
> >> eg. gradle -DgroupId=test.com -DprojectName=BasicProject
> >> -Dproject.type=groovy create
> >>
> >> Would there be any interest in creating such a feature?
> >>
> >> Cheers, Richard.
> >>
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