How do I add tornadofx together with javafx depend...

# tornadofx

[andylamax]

How do I add tornadofx together with javafx dependency as a gradle dependency? I am having a problem with CI/CD in github actions. In my pc, I can build and test my code coz I have the javafx runtime. However in the testing vm, javafx.event.EventTarget appears to be missing. Help please . . .

[Carlton Whitehead]

For consistency sake, I would suggest using a jdk without javafx locally

[Carlton Whitehead]

That will let you iterate faster and be a closer match to your CI/CD environment

[Carlton Whitehead]

https://search.maven.org/artifact/org.openjfx/javafx/14.0.1/pom

[Carlton Whitehead]

Of course that brings up the issue of TornadoFX JDK > 8 compatibility, which is not yet complete, so your mileage may vary

[andylamax]

I would use a jdk withut javafx locally, but some components of my lib depend on javafx

[Carlton Whitehead]

That's why you add a dependency in your gradle build script, see the link above for the gradle syntax

[andylamax]

Thank you, will get back to you incase something come up

[Carlton Whitehead]

Another approach is to use a CI/CD environment with JDK 8 and javafx. I'm not sure how to do that with Github Actions. TornadoFX itself uses Travis CI, and its .travis.yml installs an Ubuntu package of openjfx on the build host prior to running its build. Perhaps a similar solution could work for GitHub Actions if you want to stick with a JDK 8

[andylamax]

I like the 2nd approach much better, although I find it a bit tricky with github actions. Let me give it another go. One question though, in Travis CI, do you need to restart the vi or open aother terminal so that javafx can be picked up in the gradle build?

[Carlton Whitehead]

Here is the relevant line in the Travis config https://github.com/edvin/tornadofx/blob/904617a6e2e1582f810eae1ee569c600fcc2498d/.travis.yml#L23

[andylamax]

gotcha