Hi all! I'm creating a web-application with Kotlin...

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[birgersp]

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]

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

[birgersp]

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]

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

[gildor]

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]

@gildor How can I configure IntelliJ to run scripts before/after a build?

[gildor]

Open run configuration settings

[gildor]

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

[birgersp]

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

[gildor]

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

[gildor]

or do you use “Build project”?

[birgersp]

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]

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]

https://i.imgur.com/eHLig8u.jpg▾

[birgersp]

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]

@gildor...

[gildor]

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