jtonic
05/04/2018, 3:50 PM// plugins = ['org.jetbrains.kotlin:1.2.41-release-IJ2017.3-1'] // this works
plugins 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:1.2.41-release-IJ2017.3-1' //this works
// but the following doesn't. it is not the first time I messed this up
plugins ['org.jetbrains.kotlin:1.2.41-release-IJ2017.3-1']
All is ok now.