IntelliJ IDEA Gradle + Groovy

Question

I am new to IDEA. What I would like to do is have a project (or module?) that has maven folder structure (aka src/main/java, src/main/groovy, src/test/groovy, etc), be managed by Gradle and support creation of Groovy classes, their compilation and execution.

What I tried:

• Create a "Groovy" Project.
  • I can add "Maven" support, but not Gradle.
• Create a "Gradle" project and add "Groovy" module to it
  • I can manage dependencies and plugins, but the file structure is screwed up.
    • The code goes into a sub-folder of the project (aka the name of the module)
    • I cannot directly add folders to the "src" of the module. When I copy them into the src folder they are considered package names.

What I am looking for:

• Solution to the particular problem
• General workflow for creating multi-facet (aka Gradle+Groovy or Java+Maven or Web+YouNameIt) project/modules.
• Explanation of what is the reason for this paradigm/structure shift in IDEA?

Answer 1

I would suggest not creating the project from inside Intellij.

Since Intellij imports Gradle projects quite nicely you can just import one of the pre-made Groovy Gradle Quick Starts you can find at the root of your Gradle installation.

For example $GRADLE_HOME/samples/groovy/mixedJavaAndGroovy has the exact Java/Groovy layout you describe with the HelloWorld Classes and Tests in place. Just copy it, rename the root folder, import it into Intellij and code!