Eclipse Integration Gradle

The Eclipse-Integration-Gradle project brings you developer tooling for Gradle into Eclipse.

Requirements (for version 3.0.0 of the Gradle tooling)

Either one of the following:

• An instance of STS 3.0.0 or later based on Eclipse 3.7 or 4.2.
• An instance of Eclipse 3.7.2 or later. (Earlier versions of Eclipse such as Eclipse 3.6 probably also work but have not been
  tested).

If you want support for editing .gradle files a compatible Groovy Eclipse installation is required. STS 3.0.0 requires Groovy Eclipse 2.7.0. The Gradle tooling should be usable without Groovy Eclipse, but some functionality (related to editing gradle files) will not work.

Installation instructions:

Installing from the STS dashboard:

The easiest way to install is from the STS Dashboard "Extensions" page.

1. First download and install a recent release of STS or Groovy and Grails Toolsuite (GGTS) version 3.0.0 or later.
2. Open the Dashboard and select the 'Extensions' Tab.
3. Search for "Gradle" or "Groovy" depending on what you are installing, select it and click "Install".
4. Review the list of software that will be installed and click "Next".
5. Review and accept licence agreements and click "Finish".

Installing Gradle Tooling from update site

Alternatively you can install from update sites. The following update sites are available:

• http://dist.springsource.com/snapshot/TOOLS/gradle/nightly (latest development snapshot)
• http://dist.springsource.com/milestone/TOOLS/gradle (latest milestone build)
• http://dist.springsource.com/release/TOOLS/gradle (latest release)

Pasting the above URLs into a web browser will not work. You need to follow the instructions given below to use an Eclipse update site.

1. Open Help >> Install New Software
2. Paste a Gradle update site link into the "Work with" text box.
3. Ensure that the option "Group Items by Category" is enabled.
4. Select the top-level node 'Extensions / Gradle Integration'.
5. Click "Next".
6. Review the list of software that will be installed. Click "Next" again.
7. Review and accept licence agreements and Click "Finish".

If you follow this installation procedure in a plain Eclipse, this will install the STS Dashboard. This gives you an easy way to subsequently install Groovy Eclipse as well. See instructions on Installing from the STS Dashboard above.