GWT Gradle Plugin (v2)

The GWT Gradle Plugin (v2) simplifies the configuration required to build projects with the Google Web Toolkit (GWT). This version is a complete rewrite of the original plugin, offering a cleaner codebase and more intuitive configuration options.

Key Features

• Minimal configuration required to use the plugin
• Simpler codebase compared to the v1 plugin
• No need to manually add core GWT dependencies like gwt-user and gwt-dev
• Configuration aligned with GWT compiler options for ease of use
• Support for GWT 2.11.0+ and the latest Gradle 8.10.2
• Built-in tasks for GWT compilation and dev mode

Usage

The GWT Gradle Plugin is available on the Gradle Plugin Portal.

To use this plugin, add the following to your build.gradle file:

Add the following to your build.gradle file to use the plugin:

plugins {
  id "org.docstr.gwt version" "2.0.10-alpha"
}

gwt {
  // Optional: Set the GWT version, defaults to 2.11.0
  // gwtVersion = '2.11.0'
  modules ['<YOUR-GWT-MODULE>']
}

Alternatively, you can apply the plugin using the legacy method:

buildscript {
  repositories {
    maven {
      url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/"
    }
  }
  dependencies {
    classpath "org.docstr.gwt:gwt-gradle-plugin:2.0.11-alpha"
  }
}

apply plugin: "org.docstr.gwt"

gwt {
    modules ['<YOUR-GWT-MODULE>']
}

Available Tasks

When you apply the GWT Gradle Plugin, the following tasks are added to your project:

• gwtCompile: Compiles your GWT modules. It will be executed automatically when you run gradle build.
• gwtDevMode: Starts GWT Development Mode (Super Dev Mode is enabled by default).

For the full list of available options, refer to the Configuration documentation.

Version 1 (v1) Plugin

The original GWT Gradle Plugin (v1) source code is still available on the v1 branch of this repository. Documentation for v1 can be found at http://gwt-gradle.docstr.org.

Building the Project

On macOS or Linux

You can clean and build the project using the following commands:

make clean build

On Windows

Use the Gradle wrapper to clean and build the project:

gradlew.bat clean build

Release Process

• Build and test the plugin locally
• Commit all changes to the main branch
• Publish the plugin to the Gradle Plugin Portal with make publish
• Create a new release on GitHub with make release