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Posted by Gene Higgins
Gene Higgins
16,582 Points

spring-boot not found? Workaround here

For whatever reason the buildscript in the video produces an error, probably if you're not using java 1.5, as is the video. Answer below.

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Gene Higgins
Gene Higgins
16,582 Points
Gene Higgins
Gene Higgins
16,582 Points

I'm using java 1.8, which may have caused an issue in refreshing gradle using the spring boot starter version specified in the video. Since I'm using a newer java I figured maybe I should be using a new spring boot starter (which could cause its own issues, we'll see I guess). I chose 1.5.10, but 2.0.0 is the latest as of the time of this writing. Then I went and found an example buildscript for version 1.5.10. Switch that to whatever version you are using.

The newer code looks like this:

buildscript {
  repositories {
    maven {
      url 'https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/'
    }
  }
  dependencies {
    classpath 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:1.5.10.RELEASE'
  }
}

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

Notice that

  • a full url is used for the repository as opposed to mavenCentral()
  • the classpath has a different version, which is reflected in the dependencies block farther down

Full buildscript

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

buildscript {
    repositories {
        maven {
            url 'https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/'
        }
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:1.5.10.RELEASE'
    }
}

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

sourceCompatibility = 1.8

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}

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