On 12 January 2013 10:34, Russel Winder <rus...@winder.org.uk> wrote:
> HI, > > Looking for some feedback and possibly new information. > > Gradle has plugins for creating Eclipse and IntelliJ IDEA projects, but > not NetBeans ones, at least I am guessing this is still the case. > > The NetBeans Gradle plugin means that a Gradle NetBeans plugin is not > required, and indeed makes NetBeans a good choice for a Gradle managed > project since there are no project files at all. > > IntelliJ IDEA seems now to be able to work with Gradle managed projects > without first creating a set of project files. This appears to make the > Gradle IDEA plugin redundant? Or am I missing something? > Both are useful. Gradle devs use the Gradle IDEA plugin. Others like the direct ide import of the IDEA Gradle plugin. > > Eclipse remains the main player in corporate Java use, though NetBeans > and IntelliJ IDEA do have some penetration. For all training courses, it > is generally assumed Eclipse will be used. I think there being an > Eclipse Gradle plugin is a better idea that using a Gradle Eclipse > plugin – the reason being that then there are no permanent project files > cluttering everything up. Is anyone working on an Eclipse Gradle > plugin? > Yes there is already a functional plugin for STS: http://static.springsource.org/sts/docs/2.7.0.M1/reference/html/gradle/installation.html Daz
