how I run my first test in MacOS ?

[Bugsh01]

[provide a description of the issue] I try to run my first Java test in exercism but I found this message 'BUILD FAILED' so what I have to do.

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[Bugsh01]

I installed everything and the last step is running the test

[testforstephen]

Could you share us a sample project for reproducing the issue?

[Bugsh01]

this what I found " exercism download --exercise hello-world --track java

Downloaded to /Users/ammar/Exercism/java/hello-world MacBook-Pro-alkhas-b-ammar:~ ammar$ Java 'Etl' /Users/johndoe/exercism/java/hello-world Error: Could not find or load main class Etl Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Etl MacBook-Pro-alkhas-b-ammar:~ ammar$ cd /Users/johndoe/exercism/java/hello-world -bash: cd: /Users/johndoe/exercism/java/hello-world: No such file or directory MacBook-Pro-alkhas-b-ammar:~ ammar$ gradle test Starting a Gradle Daemon (subsequent builds will be faster)

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

• What went wrong: Task 'test' not found in root project 'ammar'.

[Bugsh01]

exercism download --exercise hello-world --track java

Downloaded to /Users/ammar/Exercism/java/hello-world MacBook-Pro-alkhas-b-ammar:~ ammar$ Java 'Etl' /Users/johndoe/exercism/java/hello-world Error: Could not find or load main class Etl Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Etl MacBook-Pro-alkhas-b-ammar:~ ammar$ cd /Users/johndoe/exercism/java/hello-world -bash: cd: /Users/johndoe/exercism/java/hello-world: No such file or directory MacBook-Pro-alkhas-b-ammar:~ ammar$ gradle test Starting a Gradle Daemon (subsequent builds will be faster)

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

• What went wrong: Task 'test' not found in root project 'ammar'.

[github-actions[bot]]

Hi @Bugsh01, I'm an AI Support assistant here to help with your issue. While the team reviews your request, I wanted to provide some possible tips and documentation that might help you in the meantime.

Here are some steps to get your first Exercism Java test running on macOS:

• Use the Gradle wrapper shipped with each exercise:

  • Open a terminal in the exercise folder and run ./gradlew test (or gradlew test on Windows).
  • This will compile and execute the provided JUnit tests, printing failures or successes.
  • If you don’t have execute permissions, first run chmod +x gradlew.

• From within VS Code:

  • Install the Java Test Runner extension (ms-vscode.vscode-java-test).
  • Open the exercise folder (with build.gradle and src/ present).
  • Click the Test Explorer icon; you should see the JUnit tests.
  • Click the Run icon next to a test class or method.

• Common issues:

  • If you see BUILD FAILED, check the full Gradle output in the Terminal to identify compilation or dependency errors.
  • Make sure your JAVA_HOME points to a valid JDK (e.g. export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home)).

Please attach the complete Gradle build log or VS Code Java output if you still see BUILD FAILED, so we can diagnose further.

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