Proper automated build using Gradle

[Christopher Keil]

USE CASE: WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?

Adapt the TreeView 3.0 project build process to proper automated building using Gradle.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE AN ISSUE (OR TRIGGER A NEW FEATURE)

N/A

CURRENT BEHAVIOR

from IDE building (JTV used Ant)

EXPECTED BEHAVIOR

Automated build using Gradle with specific plugins for Java and multi-OS packaging (#123)

DEVELOPERS ONLY SECTION

SUGGESTED CHANGE (Pseudocode optional)

Adapt TreeView 3.0 project (directories, resources, files) for Gradle; write build script including useful plugins for static code checking and multi-OS deployment (#123)

FILES AFFECTED (where the changes will be implemented) - developers only

full project - all files

LEVEL OF EFFORT - developers only

overhaul

COMMENTS

Using the Java plugin with Gradle requires some reorganization of the current file hierarchy because the plugin expects certain files to be organized in certain folders.

[Christopher Keil]

I am going to add some resources here, which everyone can look at.

Building a Java app with Gradle

https://spring.io/guides/gs/gradle/

OSX

It's important to note, that Apple quit support for their native OSX version of Java with 1.6. Since then Java is exclusively released by Oracle which amounts to a slightly different process in bundling an application as an OSX app. https://github.com/crotwell/gradle-macappbundle/wiki/Intro

Gradle Plugin for OSX app bundling: https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/edu.sc.seis.macAppBundle

Ubuntu / Debian PPA or standalone .deb-file

https://blog.heckel.xyz/2014/05/29/gradle-create-windows-installers-debian-packages-manage-a-ppa-and-optional-sub-projects/#Building-Debian-Ubuntu-packages-and-uploading-to-a-PPA

Windows Installer

1. https://github.com/TheBoegl/gradle-launch4j
2. https://blog.heckel.xyz/2014/05/29/gradle-create-windows-installers-debian-packages-manage-a-ppa-and-optional-sub-projects/#Windows-installers-with-Inno-Setup-on-Linux-automated-using-Gradle

[Robert Leach]

Removing milestone: Packaging (automated comment)

[Christopher Keil]

Beginning work

[Robert Leach]

Alright, am I doing the code style thing now? I think there's still a PR out

[Christopher Keil]

Sorry @hepcat72, didn't see your comment. I suppose you could do it now, but it would be less complicated when the project was switched to Gradle. I rebased the branch on master after Faizaan's last PR was merged so there shouldn't be any merge issues. Since format + clean are quickly executed in Eclipse I'd say lets do it after #313 is merged, but I understand that we have been pushing this back for quite some time now.

[Christopher Keil]

Resolved by c1bb45b