In Groovy `build.gradle` I typically define (reusable) ext properties in my build scripts like: ```...

# gradle

[Marcel Overdijk]

In Groovy build.gradle I typically define (reusable) ext properties in my build scripts like:

buildscript {
    ext {
        javaVersion                     = "1.8"
        kotlinVersion                   = "1.2.0"
        springBootVesion                = "2.0.0.M7"
        querydslVersion                 = "4.1.4"
        querydslGradlePluginVersion     = "1.0.8"
    }

And the I can refer to these properties when declaring plugins and dependencies.
What is the proper way to this within Kotlin DSL?

[bamboo]

While it’s possible to define ext properties in Kotlin, a better approach for constants might be having something like the following in `buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Libs.kt`:

kotlin
object Libs {
   val javaVersion = “1.8”
   ...
}

[bamboo]

that way you get code completion when editing build scripts

[bamboo]

Libs.<...>

[Marcel Overdijk]

thx for the suggestion, I ended up using `val`s but I will look into your approach as well

[bamboo]

if they are all being used in a single place, keeping them as local vals is better

[Czar]

@bamboo my root project is groovy based, but I want to have object Libs exactly like you proposed here. When I add buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Libs.kt it is not recognised and during gradle build I see following which tells me that kotlin in buildSrc is not expected and not compiled

:buildSrc:compileJava NO-SOURCE
:buildSrc:compileGroovy NO-SOURCE
:buildSrc:processResources NO-SOURCE
:buildSrc:classes UP-TO-DATE
:buildSrc:jar UP-TO-DATE
:buildSrc:assemble UP-TO-DATE
:buildSrc:compileTestJava NO-SOURCE
:buildSrc:compileTestGroovy NO-SOURCE
:buildSrc:processTestResources NO-SOURCE
:buildSrc:testClasses UP-TO-DATE
:buildSrc:test NO-SOURCE
:buildSrc:check UP-TO-DATE
:buildSrc:build UP-TO-DATE

[eskatos]

@Czar you should apply the kotlin-dsl plugin in buildSrc/build.gradle.kts to get the Kotlin compiler setup properly

[Czar]

Thank you!