Gradle in eclipse pain

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I tried to follow along with the videos in the O’Reilly Spring Boot introduction, but it was painful. I couldn’t get eclipse to notice the Path changes to use the JDK not the JRE, so couldn’t get things to build. The names have changed from buildRepackage to buildJar. I couldn’t get it to refresh to see the jar being generated etc.

A lot of this is due to my unfamiliarity with eclipse and gradle. It’s easy to find your way of doing things and stick with it, and not really become an expert in a tool even if you’ve been using it for years.

Anyway, I also followed along on the command line and managed to build and package a jar and war eventually.

It doesn’t seem to be working properly though as localhost:8080 returns an error. Oh well.

Anyway, to see the build folder, I had to deselect the Filter on the Package Explorer tab for the Gradle build folder. F5 referesh, and there it is 🙂

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I have been a software developer since 2004 and have worked in many different languages. I started off using scripting languages on the web and transitioned into Enterprise Java development. I have worked as a Team Leader and independent contractor in this capacity. I then decided to take a break, before changing direction to create apps for mobile devices. I changed languages and focused more on the business and design side of things for a while. However, I'm getting pretty jaded by the new and shiny, so I am going back to what I know best and retraining in all the new Java ways and really enjoying the process. My Java 8 certification was the start, this blog will tell the rest of the story.

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