Troubleshooting common problems
During development, we'll run into different kinds of problems. We will address a few common ones.
Gradle
When Gradle tasks fail and the error is not clear enough, you can try adding --debug to the tasks to expand the error description: for example, gradlew desktop:dist --debug.
A command that is useful for fixes is gradlew clean. You'll use this command often.
Antivirus
It's confirmed that AVG Antivirus causes gradlew desktop:dist to fail. Add an exception to the antivirus.
IntelliJ
Sometimes, IDEs fail randomly; a solution that we found on IntelliJ IDEA is reindexing. You can click on File | Invalidate Caches / Restart… ...
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