Gradle build not working

It seems Gradle doesn't use "buildscript" anymore. As of March 20, 2019, this gradle build file worked for me:

plugins {
    id 'java'
    id 'org.springframework.boot' version '2.1.3.RELEASE'
}

group 'giflib'
version '1.0-SNAPSHOT'

sourceCompatibility = 1.8

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}

dependencies {
    compile 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web:2.1.3.RELEASE'
}

This work for me:

buildscript{
    repositories{
        mavenCentral()
    }
    dependencies{
        classpath 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:1.5.12.RELEASE'
    }
}

plugins {
    id 'java'
    id "org.springframework.boot" version "1.5.12.RELEASE"
}

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

sourceCompatibility = 1.8

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}

dependencies {
    compile group: 'org.springframework.boot', name: 'spring-boot-starter-web', version: '1.5.12.RELEASE'
}

It depend of Gradle's version you have.

Had the same problem, after playing around with the version, this is what worked for me:

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

buildscript { repositories{ mavenCentral() } dependencies{ classpath 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:1.5.10.RELEASE' } }

apply plugin: 'java' apply plugin: 'spring-boot'

sourceCompatibility = 1.8

repositories { mavenCentral() }

dependencies { compile "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web:1.5.10.RELEASE"

}

As of today, this is the preferred syntax for the Gradle file:

plugins {
    id 'java'
    id 'org.springframework.boot' version '2.3.4.RELEASE'
}
group 'com.treehouse'
version '1.0-SNAPSHOT'

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}

dependencies {
    implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web:2.3.4.RELEASE'
}

Notice the word 'implementation' instead of 'compile.' Since Gradle 3.4, 'compile' has been deprecated. See the documentation here and here for reference.

You will have to go to the Gradle page to see what the buildscript should look like for your springframework.boot version. E.g., for version 1.5.10

Also you guys should be putting your code into code tags to make it more readable. Reference the Markdown Cheatsheet below.

Same problem

try this..

buildscript{ repositories { mavenCentral() } dependencies { classpath 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:1.5.9.RELEASE' } }

apply plugin: 'java' apply plugin: 'spring-boot'

sourceCompatibility = 1.5

repositories { mavenCentral() }

dependencies { compile("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web") }

Try using: apply plugin: 'org.springframework.boot'

use the answer from Michael Switzer above and then change your version of gradle by editing the gradle-wrapper.properties file. Sounds complicated but It is very easy and worked great for me

instructions at link below (find the file by right clicking the gradle directory and selecting show in explorer)

https://better-coding.com/solved-spring-boot-plugin-requires-gradle-4-0-or-later-the-current-version-is-gradle-x-x/

I suggest trying a different version of your dependencies. A lot of times when I get errors with gradle builds, changing the versions to newer ones helps. For example google "org.springframework.boot dependency" to find the other version of that one. Also in the video his source compatibility is 1.5