NOTE: You can open this sample in an <<gradle_ides.adoc#gradle_ides,IDE that supports Gradle>>.

This guide demonstrates how to create a ${language.raw} ${componentType.raw} with Gradle using `gradle init`.
You can follow the guide step-by-step to create a new project from scratch or download the complete sample project using the links above.

${configurationCacheCompatibility.raw}

== What you’ll build

You'll generate a ${language.raw} ${componentType.raw} that follows Gradle's conventions.

== What you’ll need

* A text editor or IDE - for example link:https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/download/[IntelliJ IDEA]
* A Java Development Kit (JDK), version 8 or higher - for example link:https://adoptopenjdk.net/[AdoptOpenJDK]
* The latest https://gradle.org/install[Gradle distribution]
${toolChain.raw}

== Create a project folder

Gradle comes with a built-in task, called `init`, that initializes a new Gradle project in an empty folder.
The `init` task uses the (also built-in) `wrapper` task to create a Gradle wrapper script, `gradlew`.

The first step is to create a folder for the new project and change directory into it.

[listing.terminal.sample-command]
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\$ mkdir demo
\$ cd demo
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== Run the init task

From inside the new project directory, run the `init` task using the following command in a terminal: `gradle init`.
When prompted, select the `${componentTypeIndex.raw}: ${componentType.raw}` project type and `${languageIndex.raw}: ${language.raw}` as implementation language.
Next you can choose the DSL for writing buildscripts -  `1  : Groovy` or `2: Kotlin`.
For the other questions, press enter to use the default values.

The output will look like this:

[listing.terminal.sample-command,user-inputs="${componentTypeIndex.raw}|${languageIndex.raw}|1|||"]
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\$ gradle init

Select type of project to generate:
  1: basic
  2: application
  3: library
  4: Gradle plugin
Enter selection (default: basic) [1..4] ${componentTypeIndex.raw}

Select implementation language:
  1: C++
  2: Groovy
  3: Java
  4: Kotlin
  5: Scala
  6: Swift
Enter selection (default: Java) [1..6] ${languageIndex.raw}

Select build script DSL:
  1: Groovy
  2: Kotlin
Enter selection (default: Groovy) [1..2] 1
${testFrameworkChoice.raw}
Project name (default: demo):
${packageNameChoice.raw}

BUILD SUCCESSFUL
2 actionable tasks: 2 executed
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The `init` task generates the new project with the following structure:

[source.multi-language-sample,kotlin]
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├── gradle // <1>
│   ├── libs.versions.toml // <2>
│   └── wrapper
│       ├── gradle-wrapper.jar
│       └── gradle-wrapper.properties
├── gradlew // <3>
├── gradlew.bat // <3>
├── settings.gradle.kts // <4>
└── ${subprojectName.raw}
    ├── build.gradle.kts // <5>
    └── src
        ├── main
        │   └── ${languageLC.raw} // <6>
${sourceFileTree.raw}
        └── test
            └── ${languageLC.raw} // <7>
${testSourceFileTree.raw}
----

[source.multi-language-sample,groovy]
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├── gradle // <1>
│   ├── libs.versions.toml // <2>
│   └── wrapper
│       ├── gradle-wrapper.jar
│       └── gradle-wrapper.properties
├── gradlew // <3>
├── gradlew.bat // <3>
├── settings.gradle // <4>
└── ${subprojectName.raw}
    ├── build.gradle // <5>
    └── src
        ├── main
        │   └── ${languageLC.raw} // <6>
${sourceFileTree.raw}
        └── test
            └── ${languageLC.raw} // <7>
${testSourceFileTree.raw}
----

<1> Generated folder for wrapper files
<2> Generated version catalog
<3> Gradle wrapper start scripts
<4> Settings file to define build name and subprojects
<5> Build script of `${subprojectName.raw}` project
<6> Default ${language.raw} source folder
<7> Default ${language.raw} test source folder

You now have the project setup to build a ${language.raw} ${componentType.raw}.

== Review the project files

The `settings.gradle(.kts)` file has two interesting lines:

====
include::sample[dir="kotlin",files="settings.gradle.kts[]"]
include::sample[dir="groovy",files="settings.gradle[]"]
====
- `rootProject.name` assigns a name to the build, which overrides the default behavior of naming the build after the directory it's in.
  It's recommended to set a fixed name as the folder might change if the project is shared - e.g. as root of a Git repository.
- `include("${subprojectName.raw}")` defines that the build consists of one subproject called `${subprojectName.raw}` that contains the actual code and build logic.
  More subprojects can be added by additional `include(...)` statements.

Our build contains one subproject called `${subprojectName.raw}` that represents the ${language.raw} ${componentType.raw} we are building.
It is configured in the `${subprojectName.raw}/build.gradle(.kts)` file:

====
include::sample[dir="kotlin",files="${subprojectName.raw}/build.gradle.kts[]"]
include::sample[dir="groovy",files="${subprojectName.raw}/build.gradle[]"]
====
${buildFileComments.raw}

The file `src/main/${languageLC.raw}/${sourceFile.raw}` is shown here:

.Generated src/main/${languageLC.raw}/${sourceFile.raw}
[source,${languageLC.raw}]
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include::{samples-dir}/groovy/${subprojectName.raw}/src/main/${languageLC.raw}/${sourceFile.raw}[]
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The generated test, `src/test/${languageLC.raw}/${sourceFile.raw}` is shown next:

.Generated src/test/${languageLC.raw}/${testSourceFile.raw}
[source,${languageLC.raw}]
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include::{samples-dir}/groovy/${subprojectName.raw}/src/test/${languageLC.raw}/${testSourceFile.raw}[]
----

The generated test class has a single ${testFramework.raw} test.
The test instantiates the `${exampleClass.raw}` class, invokes a method on it, and checks that it returns the expected value.
