MultiLoader-Template VS Gradle

The two main ways I know of are "Multiloader-Template style" and "using Architectury-Loom". Archloom is a big Gradle plugin that tries to do everything for you, multiloader-template is less of a software package and more of a code style. I'm not familiar with archloom but i've written a bunch of mods with the multiloader-template style.

This mod wouldn't be possible without Statement Library, which does all the heavy lifting (that said, it is required on both server and client). Also thanks to Jaredlll08 and Darkhax for creating Multiloader Template!

As a developer I want as many players to enjoy my work as possible, that's why I prefer both and have worked on tools to make it easier for developers to release for both.

Regardless of what you choose, If you do want to support both down the line there is a template by Darkhax, jaredlll08 and a few others which makes compiling for both easier by having a common source https://github.com/jaredlll08/MultiLoader-Template

It's the end of the world as we know it.

You can clone https://github.com/jaredlll08/MultiLoader-Template and see how it works, I know that ForgeGradle fixed a bug they had with multiproject configurations, but I'm not sure if any of the other problems are solved.

Because executing CodeNarc from the command-line is not so simple, I find it easier to use Gradle and its dedicated plugin to execute CodeNarc:

A ("shared") build service is kind of like a singleton, in that when you register one in any project, it's available in all projects as a single instance. (This unfortunately turns out not to be true, in some cases, when using composite builds, but can be worked around.) An actual singleton (global static instance) doesn't work at all, for the record—try it if you want to lose some sanity. Anyway, use a build service whenever you need global mutable state in your build.

When using build tools like Maven or Gradle, you can configure environment variables in the build scripts or configuration files.

For large projects, purpose-made build tools such as Gradle and Maven are preferred for managing the directory structure since they introduce additional semantics for managing test code and other programming languages (among lots of other things). Most IDEs can integrate with these build tools easily. If you're just starting out though, I wouldn't worry too much about these, you can visit them later.

Project Build and Management: Apache Maven 3 (3.9.5), Gradle 8 (8.3)

No wonder this had been raised previously, https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/15383

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The details regarding the code compiling would vary from one project to another. For that project, it seems that it uses Gradle (a helper tool) for compiling. Check Gradle's documentation for more information.