Java: Error message ”Could not find method testCompile() for arguments [junit:junit:4.13] ” with commanding "gradle test"

[miku0129]

Hi! I'm new to both Exercism and Java!
I could succeed with installing Java, gradle, and setting up CLI for Exercism. And I installed the first project: hello-world.
When I command gradle test at $ cd /Users/johndoe/exercism/java/hello-world , the error message says

`FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

• Where:
  Build file 'C:\Users\svart\Exercism\java\hello-world\build.gradle' line: 14

• What went wrong:
  A problem occurred evaluating root project 'hello-world'.

Could not find method testCompile() for arguments [junit:junit:4.13] on object of type org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.dsl.dependencies.DefaultDependencyHandler. `

I have no idea how to solve this issue. I've never touched build.gradle nor other files. I appreciate any advice.
Thank you!!

[miku0129]

I found that gradle 7 no longer supports "testCompile"
https://tomgregory.com/gradle-implementation-vs-compile-dependencies/

actually, this code worked

( build.gradle )
`apply plugin: "java"
apply plugin: "eclipse"
apply plugin: "idea"

// set default encoding to UTF-8
compileJava.options.encoding = "UTF-8"
compileTestJava.options.encoding = "UTF-8"

repositories {
mavenCentral()
}

dependencies {
testImplementation "junit:junit:4.13"
testImplementation "org.assertj:assertj-core:3.15.0"
}

test {
testLogging {
exceptionFormat = 'short'
showStandardStreams = true
events = ["passed", "failed", "skipped"]
}}`

So there is a possibility that I downloaded the latest version of gradle 7 and the tutorial hasn't updated yet

[angelikatyborska]

It seems to be the same issue as exercism/java#1944 and exercism/exercism#5517, both have responses.

TL;DR: it was fixed by Java maintainers but it is not yet live on exercism.io due to a track synchronization pause until v3 launches.

I'll close this one.