Hi all I m creating a web application with Kotlin JS I want

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Hi all I m creating a web application with Kotlin JS I want the generated js files to be automatically copied into a directory whenever the modules successfully builds Is there a clean and easy way Couldn t find such a feature in IntelliJ is it easier to create a bash script to copy the files whenever they change

gildor · Answer

Gradle provides the complete set of features to do that file manipulation tasks up to date checks

birgersp · Answer

So my only option is to use Gradle Was hoping I wouldn t have to building with Gradle seems immensely slow compared to building with just IntelliJ

gildor · Answer

With idea you can write something manually some script and configure build to run it before build itself

gildor · Answer

Actually all new Kotlin js build features dce incremental compilation available on Gradle first so maybe Gradle it s still a bit good choice especially if you project will be bigger and you want to use CI CD it would be hard to do with Idea build system

birgersp · Answer

< gildor> How can I configure IntelliJ to run scripts before after a build

gildor · Answer

Open run configuration settings

gildor · Answer

Depending on run configuration type you have different settings but gradle and idea run types support Before launch config

birgersp · Answer

But that s a run configuration I want the files to copied specifically on build because the project is automatically built

gildor · Answer

run configuration it s build too It s how build configurations called in Idea

gildor · Answer

or do you use Build project

birgersp · Answer

I ve enabled the option Build project automatically so IntelliJ builds the project I m not using anything other than that atm I ve created a Run Debug configuration with a script that copies the file but to execute this I have to RUN the configuration

birgersp · Answer

I get that IntelliJ builds the project and is able to execute scripts when I m running the project But I really don t see how configuring the Run Debug enables me to automatically execute scripts when building the project which happens automatically

birgersp · Answer

birgersp · Answer

That s the Run Debug configurations dialog As you can see I ve added a configuration to execute the script that I want But still I m forced to RUN the project to use this configuration right

birgersp · Answer

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gildor · Answer

Hm I m not sure about Build project automatically feature probably you cannot do that Not sure I would just use Gradle for this