How to use gradle and IntelliJ to build a scala project? - scala

Is there a step by step tutorial on how to use gradle to build a scala project in IntelliJ? I tried to research online but couldn't find a complete example.

The default build tool for scala is SBT. This is available in intellij. I highly recommend using it. These are the gradle docs for scala: https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/scala_plugin.html

myproject> gradle wrapper --gradle-version 5.0
myproject> ./gradlew init --type scala-library
Init plugin supports type='scala-library' gradle 5.0+. Notice that the second step uses gradle wrapper to initialize the scala project. This is ensure that gradle v5.0 is used irrepective of the version of gradle installed in the respective machine.

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What scala-library dependenecy version can be used with Gradle 7.2 for Gatling performance testing

I am trying to do performance testing for my API using Gatling and Scala.
Below are the plugins/libraries I am using
gradle version : 7.2
gradle.plugin.com.github.lkishalmi.gatling:gradle-gatling-plugin:3.3.0
dependency : gatling 'org.scala-lang:scala-library:2.13.10'
I get the below error when I try to resolve dependencies
A problem occurred evaluating project ':performance-test'.
> Could not find method compile() for arguments [org.scala-lang:scala-library:2.13.10] on object of type org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.dsl.dependencies.DefaultDependencyHandler.
My guess is that the scala version 2.13.10 is not compatible with the gradle version 7.2. I tried changing the scala version to latest and many others, but nothing seems to work.
I have also seen another project using gradle 6.6 and scala version 2.12.2 which works. In my case I can't downgrade the gradle version, unfortunately.
Does anyone know what scala version is compatible with gradle 7.2?
The com.github.lkishalmi.gatling:gradle-gatling-plugin plugin has been deprecated for a long time. Please use the official plugin: https://gatling.io/docs/gatling/reference/current/extensions/gradle_plugin/

Is there a way to use the Scala 3 compiler (Dotty) from Gradle yet?

I am new to both Gradle and Dotty (and still relatively new to Scala overall). I was able to create a Scala project with Gradle like this:
gradle init --dsl kotlin --type scala-library --package com.stackoverflow.example
and I know that Dotty can be used with SBT. But is there a way to wire up Dotty with Gradle (yet)?
There’s dotty examples repository with demonstrations of how to build dotty with various build tools including gradle.
https://github.com/michelou/dotty-examples/blob/master/examples/dotty-example-project/build.gradle
As you can see there’s nothing standard yet, but when there will be, I believe maintainers will update this repo.
In my personal project I did something similar to this with some simplifications:
https://github.com/SimY4/xpath-to-xml/blob/master/xpath-to-xml-scala/build-3.gradle

Gradle scala project on intellij

How do we create a new gradle project with scala ? For a maven scala project we had the help of archtypes. What is the similar technique when I change my build script into gradle so that I can get a readymade project structure to go ahead and add my scala files into the project without adding src folders etc.
You can leverage the build init plugin for this: gradle init --type scala-library
This will create a project in the current directory, setup the Gradle wrapper and generate basic build files.

Add scalacheck dependency to gradle project

I am trying to use scalaCheck (https://github.com/rickynils/scalacheck) to a gradle project. However, adding it this way:
dependencies {
...
compile group: 'org.scalacheck', name: 'scalacheck_2.11', version: '1.12.5'
...
}
doesn't seem to be doing the trick. I also tried to add it in a maven project. In both cases, trying to do the following
import org.scalacheck.Prop.forAll
reports the error
object scalacheck is not a member of package org
I ran "gradle dependencies" before trying to import it, and it seemed to download everything just fine, finishing the command without throwing errors. Is there a way to add scalacheck to my project and if so, how?
Note: not sure if relevant, but I am using Eclipse Neon with all the scala plugins.
(So it seems the problem was with using the eclipse gradle integration.) You have to manually update the project by using the Gradle | Refresh Gradle Project from the project's context menu on each dependency change (though it might be useful to do that on each change to gradle configuration files).

Can JetGradle Be Used In IntelliJ 12 Alongside Gradle Generated Project Files That Have Scala Facets?

I've been trying to make the switch to IntelliJ and Gradle for the Java/Scala projects at my company. From the command line Gradle has been great but I've run into a problem when using Gradle with IntelliJ and projects with Scala facets.
I've tried importing projects in both ways and the only one I've been able to get Scala facets working is to run:
gradle idea
using the Gradle IDEA plugin. After that all I need to do it open the ipr file for the project and the projects work fine.
However, there are some Gradle tasks that I would like to run from within IntelliJ for various things (code generation being the biggest one). I would like to be able to use JetGradle to run those tasks. The problem is when I link the Gradle project to JetGradle, the dependencies in each project break the Scala facet's compiler settings.
It's a multi-module project. Here is the build.gradle for the parent:
allprojects {
apply plugin: 'idea'
version = '1.0'
group = 'company-x'
repositories {
mavenCentral()
}
}
And here's the build.gradle for the scala modules:
apply plugin: 'scala'
dependencies {
compile 'org.scala-lang:scala-library:2.10.1',
'org.scala-lang:scala-reflect:2.10.1',
'org.scala-lang:scala-compiler:2.10.1',
'org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12:1.7.2',
'com.typesafe.akka:akka-actor_2.10:2.1.4'
testCompile 'junit:junit:4.8.1',
'org.scalatest:scalatest:1.2'
}
Before linking the project to JetGradle the Scala facet is setup with a library called 'scala-compiler-2.10.1' that contains the Scala compiler, library, and reflect jars and src. After linking the project, the project libraries are replaced with all of the Gradle project dependencies. The Scala facet then gives the error:
Compiler library: no scala-library*.jar found
When I look at the libraries again, there is still a library called 'scala-compiler-2.10.1' but it's only the compiler. The library and reflect jars are now separated out.
Has anyone out there figured out how to get the Scala facet and JetGradle to play nicely with one another?
From this IntelliJ blog (Better Gradle Support in IntelliJ IDEA 12.1) it seems JetGradle is not ready to support Scala.
I'm waiting for IntelliJ 13.x and stick to Maven for the time being.