How would I go about running a simple kotlin scrip...

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[Alex]

How would I go about running a simple kotlin script?
I want to try out a library and I don't feel like creating a separate project for it, I've found that you could just add @file:DependsOn("...") annotation on it and it should work, I'm getting an error that "DependsOn" doesn't exist

[Big Chungus]

Your script needs to be run with kotlinc -script script.kts

[Alex]

I've tried that, I'm still getting "error: unresolved Reference: DependsOn"

[Big Chungus]

Then make sure your script is named as *.main.kts and check that your kotlinc version is at least 1.4

[Alex]

even though the docs on github do suggest that's the way you should do it.
I didn't find anything else on there: https://github.com/Kotlin/KEEP/blob/master/proposals/scripting-support.md

[Alex]

kotlinc is 1.4.10, lemme rename the file

[Alex]

huh, renaming the file worked.
The docs don't explicitly mention that the file should be *.main.kts, even though all the examples do have it.

[Alex]

Thanks!

[Big Chungus]

They did in 1.4 release notes. Probably wasn't updated in the keep

[nfrankel]

i wrote about the process here
https://blog.frankel.ch/customizing-github-profile/1/

[Alex]

is the @file:param() supported though?

[nfrankel]

i didn’t try that

[nfrankel]

so i don’t know

[Alex]

thanks, i'll make sure to read your post! 🙂
The param is the leas of my issues. But it doesn't seem to work right now.

[Alex]

I've tried the way the suggest in the KEEP file, maybe I'm missing something

[nfrankel]

i had to go through a lot of back and forth
it’s not as straightforward as i thought
so copying-pasting my code is a good starting point 😉

[Alex]

i got it running more or less, but now I'm struggling with the lib I'm using 😄
I'm very new to Java/Kotlin and just trying to go by looking at the tests since there are no docs. Yay. 😄

[nfrankel]

if you’re not familiar with kotlin
using scripting adds an additional issue
perhaps keeping with a traditional maven build would be easier?
at least you would find plenty more of documentation
are you using intellij?

[Alex]

yup, i'm using intellij.
I mean, I got passed the scripting part. It's working. 🙂