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Java Spring Basics Introduction and Setting up Our Development Tools Gradle in Action

Posted by David Olsen
David Olsen
195 Points

build script no longer used in spring boot starter web gradle file, what is current format?

I saw a format without the build script in the Treehouse tutorial but cannot find it now??

1 Answer

Ryan S
Ryan S
27,276 Points
Ryan S
Ryan S
27,276 Points

Hi David,

Are you referring to the Spring Configuration video? This is the video where the spring-boot-starter-web library is added, however, as the video shows, there is no build script required to import this library.

If you mean the spring boot gradle plugin, which allows us to deploy the app to a web server, then in later versions of gradle you do not need a build script in order to apply it:

plugins {
    id "org.springframework.boot" version "2.0.1.RELEASE"
}

group 'com.teamtreehouse'
version '1.0-SNAPSHOT'

apply plugin: 'java'

sourceCompatibility = 1.8

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}

dependencies {
    compile 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web:2.0.1.RELEASE'
}

Alternatively, you can still use the buildscript, but the plugin id has changed slightly since the version used in this course:

group 'com.teamtreehouse'
version '1.0-SNAPSHOT'

buildscript {
    repositories{
        mavenCentral()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:2.0.1.RELEASE'
    }
}

apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'org.springframework.boot'

sourceCompatibility = 1.8

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}

dependencies {
    compile 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web:2.0.1.RELEASE'
}

You can see more information at the Gradle Plugins website or the Spring Docs.

Hope this helps.

David Olsen
David Olsen
195 Points

Thanks I got it to work somehow. I just left out the builder and it worked as is. appreciate your help.