Sorry for another stupid question: I have a simple...

# javascript

[Yan Pujante]

Sorry for another stupid question: I have a simple kotlin/js project.

kotlin {
    js(IR) {
        browser {
            binaries.executable()
            webpackTask {
                cssSupport.enabled = true
            }
            runTask {
                cssSupport.enabled = true
            }
        }
    }
}

When I run the build target it builds and put the result under <buildDir>/distributions. I obviously can use File(buildDir, "distributions") to access this folder, but I am sure there is some magic variable to get to it. And I suppose my second question/frustration is how on earth can you discover this kind of things without having to ask around in the slack channel? Although I am a big fan of gradle in general, I find it so not discoverable...

[Robert Jaros]

You can browse sources of the gradle plugin ... 😉

[turansky]

1. distributions

val distributions = tasks.getByName<KotlinWebpack>("browserDistribution").destinationDirectory!!

[turansky]

2. In common case such things must be described in docs or FAQs

But you can ask questions here 🙂

[Yan Pujante]

that doesn't work

* What went wrong:
Element 'browserDistribution' of type 'org.gradle.api.DefaultTask_Decorated' from container 'task set' cannot be cast to 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.targets.js.webpack.KotlinWebpack'.

[turansky]

Update

val distributions = tasks.getByName<KotlinWebpack>("browserProductionWebpack").destinationDirectory!!

[Yan Pujante]

The updated version works (and the !! is not required). Thanks!

[turansky]

Also you can find all task in IDEA

[turansky]

Kotlin/JS webpack tasks grouped

[turansky]

build and kotlin browser - most used groups

[Yan Pujante]

I see. But it's impossible to know that I need to query the one called browserProductionWebpack, cast it to KotlinWebpack and get the destinationDirectory from there

[turansky]

Or FAQ or Slack or GitHub 🙂

[Yan Pujante]

yup. thanks for the help!