Gradle: use Configuration avoidance

More info: https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/task_configuration_avoidance.html

Scan before the change: https://scans.gradle.com/s/zrctwrngu2nma/performance/configuration#summary-task-totals

Scan after the change: https://scans.gradle.com/s/obeyauaon7wq6/performance/configuration#summary-task-totals

Author: CristianGM

build.gradle.kts

@@ -76,21 +76,20 @@ application {
 }
 
 // include JS artifacts in any JAR we generate
-tasks.getByName<Jar>("jvmJar") {
+tasks.named<Jar>("jvmJar").configure {
     val taskName = if (project.hasProperty("isProduction")
         || project.gradle.startParameter.taskNames.contains("installDist")
     ) {
         "jsBrowserProductionWebpack"
     } else {
         "jsBrowserDevelopmentWebpack"
     }
-    val webpackTask = tasks.getByName<KotlinWebpack>(taskName)
-    dependsOn(webpackTask) // make sure JS gets compiled first
-    from(File(webpackTask.destinationDirectory, webpackTask.outputFileName)) // bring output file along into the JAR
+    val webpackTask = tasks.named<KotlinWebpack>(taskName)
+    from(webpackTask.map { File(it.destinationDirectory, it.outputFileName) }) // bring output file along into the JAR
 }
 
 tasks {
-    withType<org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompile> {
+    withType<org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompile>().configureEach {
         kotlinOptions {
             jvmTarget = "1.8"
         }
@@ -109,10 +108,10 @@ distributions {
 }
 
 // Alias "installDist" as "stage" (for cloud providers)
-tasks.create("stage") {
-    dependsOn(tasks.getByName("installDist"))
+tasks.register("stage") {
+    dependsOn(tasks.named("installDist"))
 }
 
-tasks.getByName<JavaExec>("run") {
-    classpath(tasks.getByName<Jar>("jvmJar")) // so that the JS artifacts generated by `jvmJar` can be found and served
+tasks.named<JavaExec>("run").configure {
+    classpath(tasks.named<Jar>("jvmJar")) // so that the JS artifacts generated by `jvmJar` can be found and served
 }

settings.gradle.kts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 pluginManagement {
     repositories {
         mavenCentral()
-        maven { setUrl("https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/") }
+        gradlePluginPortal()
     }
 }
 rootProject.name = "shoppinglist"