simplified gradle config, automatically run installDist task after build

build.gradle

@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
 plugins {
-    id "org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm" version "1.5.30" apply false
+    id "org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm" version "$kotlinVersion" apply false
+}
+
+allprojects {
+    repositories {
+        mavenLocal()
+        mavenCentral()
+    }
 }

codeGeneration/build.gradle

@@ -5,13 +5,10 @@ plugins {
     id "org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm"
 }
 
-targetCompatibility = 11
-sourceCompatibility = 11
-
-repositories {
-    mavenLocal()
-    mavenCentral()
-    maven { url "https://kotlin.bintray.com/kotlinx" }
+java {
+    toolchain {
+        languageVersion = JavaLanguageVersion.of(javaVersion)
+    }
 }
 
 dependencies {
@@ -28,20 +25,6 @@ dependencies {
 
 }
 
-compileKotlin {
-    kotlinOptions {
-        jvmTarget = "11"
-        // verbose = true
-        // freeCompilerArgs += "-XXLanguage:+NewInference"
-    }
-}
-
-compileTestKotlin {
-    kotlinOptions {
-        jvmTarget = "11"
-    }
-}
-
 sourceSets {
     main {
         java {

codeOptimizers/build.gradle

@@ -5,13 +5,10 @@ plugins {
     id "org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm"
 }
 
-targetCompatibility = 11
-sourceCompatibility = 11
-
-repositories {
-    mavenLocal()
-    mavenCentral()
-    maven { url "https://kotlin.bintray.com/kotlinx" }
+java {
+    toolchain {
+        languageVersion = JavaLanguageVersion.of(javaVersion)
+    }
 }
 
 dependencies {
@@ -27,20 +24,6 @@ dependencies {
 
 }
 
-compileKotlin {
-    kotlinOptions {
-        jvmTarget = "11"
-        // verbose = true
-        // freeCompilerArgs += "-XXLanguage:+NewInference"
-    }
-}
-
-compileTestKotlin {
-    kotlinOptions {
-        jvmTarget = "11"
-    }
-}
-
 sourceSets {
     main {
         java {

compiler/build.gradle

@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ plugins {
     id 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow' version '7.1.0'
 }
 
-targetCompatibility = 11
-sourceCompatibility = 11
-
+java {
+    toolchain {
+        languageVersion = JavaLanguageVersion.of(javaVersion)
+    }
+}
 
 repositories {
-    mavenLocal()
-    mavenCentral()
     maven { url "https://kotlin.bintray.com/kotlinx" }
 }
 
@@ -47,22 +47,6 @@ configurations {
 }
 
 
-compileKotlin {
-    kotlinOptions {
-        jvmTarget = "11"
-        useIR = true
-        // verbose = true
-        // freeCompilerArgs += "-XXLanguage:+NewInference"
-    }
-}
-
-compileTestKotlin {
-    kotlinOptions {
-        jvmTarget = "11"
-        useIR = true
-    }
-}
-
 sourceSets {
     main {
         java {
@@ -87,11 +71,6 @@ application {
     applicationName = 'p8compile'
 }
 
-artifacts {
-    archives shadowJar
-}
-
-
 shadowJar {
     archiveBaseName = 'prog8compiler'
     archiveVersion = prog8version
@@ -111,3 +90,5 @@ test {
         events "skipped", "failed"
     }
 }
+
+build.finalizedBy installDist, installShadowDist

compilerAst/build.gradle

@@ -3,14 +3,13 @@ plugins {
     id "org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm"
 }
 
-targetCompatibility = 11
-sourceCompatibility = 11
 
-repositories {
-    mavenCentral()
+java {
+    toolchain {
+        languageVersion = JavaLanguageVersion.of(javaVersion)
+    }
 }
 
-
 dependencies {
     implementation 'org.antlr:antlr4-runtime:4.9.2'
     implementation "com.michael-bull.kotlin-result:kotlin-result-jvm:1.1.12"
@@ -26,22 +25,6 @@ configurations.all {
     exclude group: 'com.ibm.icu', module: 'icu4j'
 }
 
-compileKotlin {
-    kotlinOptions {
-        jvmTarget = "11"
-        useIR = true
-        // verbose = true
-        // freeCompilerArgs += "-XXLanguage:+NewInference"
-    }
-}
-
-compileTestKotlin {
-    kotlinOptions {
-        jvmTarget = "11"
-        useIR = true
-    }
-}
-
 sourceSets {
     main {
         java {

compilerInterfaces/build.gradle

@@ -5,13 +5,10 @@ plugins {
     id "org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm"
 }
 
-targetCompatibility = 11
-sourceCompatibility = 11
-
-repositories {
-    mavenLocal()
-    mavenCentral()
-    maven { url "https://kotlin.bintray.com/kotlinx" }
+java {
+    toolchain {
+        languageVersion = JavaLanguageVersion.of(javaVersion)
+    }
 }
 
 dependencies {
@@ -26,20 +23,6 @@ dependencies {
 
 }
 
-compileKotlin {
-    kotlinOptions {
-        jvmTarget = "11"
-        // verbose = true
-        // freeCompilerArgs += "-XXLanguage:+NewInference"
-    }
-}
-
-compileTestKotlin {
-    kotlinOptions {
-        jvmTarget = "11"
-    }
-}
-
 sourceSets {
     main {
         java {

dbusCompilerService/build.gradle

@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@ plugins {
     id 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow' version '7.1.0'
 }
 
-targetCompatibility = 11
-sourceCompatibility = 11
+java {
+    toolchain {
+        languageVersion = JavaLanguageVersion.of(javaVersion)
+    }
+}
 
 repositories {
-    mavenLocal()
-    mavenCentral()
     maven { url "https://kotlin.bintray.com/kotlinx" }
 }
 
@@ -33,20 +34,6 @@ configurations.all {
     exclude group: "org.antlr", module: "antlr4"
 }
 
-compileKotlin {
-    kotlinOptions {
-        jvmTarget = "11"
-        // verbose = true
-        // freeCompilerArgs += "-XXLanguage:+NewInference"
-    }
-}
-
-compileTestKotlin {
-    kotlinOptions {
-        jvmTarget = "11"
-    }
-}
-
 sourceSets {
     main {
         java {
@@ -70,11 +57,6 @@ application {
     applicationName = 'prog8compilerservicedbus'
 }
 
-artifacts {
-    archives shadowJar
-}
-
-
 shadowJar {
     archiveBaseName = 'prog8compilerservicedbus'
     archiveVersion = '1.0'
@@ -94,3 +76,5 @@ test {
         events "skipped", "failed"
     }
 }
+
+build.finalizedBy installDist, installShadowDist

docs/source/building.rst

@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ Then you can choose a few ways to get a compiler:
 The Gradle build system is used to build the compiler.
 The most interesting gradle commands to run are probably:
 
-    ``./gradlew check``
+    ``./gradlew build``
         Builds the compiler code and runs all available checks and unit-tests.
+        Also automatically runs the installDist and installShadowDist tasks.
     ``./gradlew installDist``
         Builds the compiler and installs it with scripts to run it, in the directory
         ``./compiler/build/install/p8compile``
@@ -34,8 +35,7 @@ The most interesting gradle commands to run are probably:
         Creates a zipfile with the above in it, for easy distribution.
         This file can be found in ``./compiler/build/distributions/``
 
-For normal use, the ``installDist`` target should suffice and ater succesful completion
-of that build task, you can start the compiler with:
+For normal use, the ``installDist`` target should suffice and after succesful completion, you can start the compiler with:
 
     ``./compiler/build/install/p8compile/bin/p8compile <options> <sourcefile>``
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ of that build task, you can start the compiler with:
 .. hint::
     Development and testing is done on Linux using the IntelliJ IDEA IDE,
     but the compiler should run on most operating systems that provide a fairly modern
-    java runtime. If you do have trouble building or running the compiler on your
+    java runtime (11 or newer). If you do have trouble building or running the compiler on your
     operating system, please let me know!
 
 

gradle.properties

@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ org.gradle.console=rich
 org.gradle.parallel=true
 org.gradle.daemon=true
 kotlin.code.style=official
+javaVersion=11
+kotlinVersion=1.5.30

httpCompilerService/build.gradle

@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@ plugins {
     id 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow' version '7.1.0'
 }
 
-targetCompatibility = 11
-sourceCompatibility = 11
+java {
+    toolchain {
+        languageVersion = JavaLanguageVersion.of(javaVersion)
+    }
+}
 
 repositories {
-    mavenLocal()
-    mavenCentral()
     maven { url "https://kotlin.bintray.com/kotlinx" }
 }
 
@@ -37,21 +38,6 @@ configurations.all {
     exclude group: "org.antlr", module: "antlr4"
 }
 
-
-compileKotlin {
-    kotlinOptions {
-        jvmTarget = "11"
-        // verbose = true
-        // freeCompilerArgs += "-XXLanguage:+NewInference"
-    }
-}
-
-compileTestKotlin {
-    kotlinOptions {
-        jvmTarget = "11"
-    }
-}
-
 sourceSets {
     main {
         java {
@@ -75,11 +61,6 @@ application {
     applicationName = 'prog8compilerservicehttp'
 }
 
-artifacts {
-    archives shadowJar
-}
-
-
 shadowJar {
     archiveBaseName = 'prog8compilerservicehttp'
     archiveVersion = '1.0'
@@ -99,3 +80,5 @@ test {
         events "skipped", "failed"
     }
 }
+
+build.finalizedBy installDist, installShadowDist

parser/build.gradle

@@ -3,11 +3,10 @@ plugins {
     id 'java'
 }
 
-targetCompatibility = 11
-sourceCompatibility = 11
-
-repositories {
-    mavenCentral()
+java {
+    toolchain {
+        languageVersion = JavaLanguageVersion.of(javaVersion)
+    }
 }
 
 dependencies {