rewrite readme-examples/build.gradle to build.gradle.kts

[robstoll]

Platform (all, jvm, js): all Extension (none, kotlin 1.3): none

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Would be nicer to have the build file in Kotlin instead of groovy

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[Chandra-Sekhar-Bala]

Hey, @robstoll I'll work on this :)

[Chandra-Sekhar-Bala]

So, to be specific I need to replace "build.gradle" with "build.gradle.kts" in the README.MD file right @robstoll ?

[robstoll]

No, your task is to rewrite https://github.com/robstoll/atrium/blob/main/misc/tools/readme-examples/build.gradle (i e. currently groovy based) to build.gradle.kts (Kotlin based)

[Chandra-Sekhar-Bala]

Well I haven't worked on groovy yet. Can you please provide some resource to get this work done?

[robstoll]

@Chandra-Sekhar-Bala I suggest you read https://kotlinlang.org/docs/multiplatform-add-dependencies.html and similar sites and compare groovy and Kotlin. If you are already familiar with gradle's Kotlin DSL then just rename build.gradle to build.gradle.kts and start fixing the errors

[robstoll]

@Chandra-Sekhar-Bala do you need help?

[Kaustubh-Umbarkar]

I'll do this

[DakshSuryavanshi]

hello @robstoll I would like to work on this issue.

[DakshSuryavanshi]

hello @robstoll just needed a confirmation, you basically want is that to change the extension of the file and solve the errors. and finally convert groovy to kotlin. Also i'm a bit new to groovy but well versed with kotlin so I'm really sorry for taking a bit longer than usual, i'll go through the resources given by you in the conversations above, hope those will be enough to know the basics.

[robstoll]

@DakshSuryavanshi you got it right. solving errors and migrate from groovy to kotlin is the same in this case. I don't think you need to read a lot of groovy stuff. Change the file extension and see what errors remain, the IDE will help you as well. And in case you are stuck, there are other build.gradle.kts in this project which have already been migrated

[jakubriegel]

@DakshSuryavanshi are you still working on that? If not, I can take it

[robstoll]

@jakubriegel IMO you can start with this, @DakshSuryavanshi can still try to come up with a PR on their own for learning purposes

[jakubriegel]

Cool 🚀 I'll make a PR in 2-3 days