# Hello world JUnit
**URL:** https://discuss.gradle.org/t/hello-world-junit/14090
**Category:** Help/Discuss
**Created:** [February 2, 2016, 10:45am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/hello-world-junit/14090 "2016-02-02T10:45:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@THUFIR](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/THUFIR)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2016, 10:45am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/hello-world-junit/14090/1 "2016-02-02T10:45:21Z")
what is wrong with the build file that the compile fails with
`
thufir@mordor:~/java/hello\_gradle$
thufir@mordor:~/java/hello\_gradle$ gradle clean;gradle build
:clean UP-TO-DATE
BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 4.253 secs
:compileJava
/home/thufir/java/hello\_gradle/src/main/java/net/bounceme/mordor/hello/TestJunit.java:3: error: package org.junit does not exist
import org.junit.Test;
^
/home/thufir/java/hello\_gradle/src/main/java/net/bounceme/mordor/hello/TestJunit.java:4: error: package org.junit does not exist
import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
^
/home/thufir/java/hello\_gradle/src/main/java/net/bounceme/mordor/hello/TestJunit.java:4: error: static import only from classes and interfaces
import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
^
/home/thufir/java/hello\_gradle/src/main/java/net/bounceme/mordor/hello/TestJunit.java:11: error: cannot find symbol
@Test
^
symbol: class Test
location: class TestJunit
/home/thufir/java/hello\_gradle/src/main/java/net/bounceme/mordor/hello/TestJunit.java:13: error: cannot find symbol
assertEquals(message,messageUtil.printMessage());
^
symbol: method assertEquals(String,String)
location: class TestJunit
5 errors
:compileJava FAILED
FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
- What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ‘:compileJava’.
> Compilation failed; see the compiler error output for details.
- Try:
Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.
BUILD FAILED
Total time: 5.148 secs
thufir@mordor:~/java/hello\_gradle$
thufir@mordor:~/java/hello\_gradle$ cat build.gradle
apply plugin: ‘java’
```
version = "0.5"
repositories {
mavenCentral()
```
}
dependencies {
testCompile ‘junit:junit:4.8.2’
}
jar {
manifest {
attributes ‘Main-Class’: ‘hello.HelloWorld’
}
}
task hello \<\< {
println ‘hello, world’
}
thufir@mordor:~/java/hello\_gradle$
`
The full code is at:
> **[GitHub - THUFIR/hello\_gradle](https://github.com/THUFIR/hello_gradle)**
>
> Contribute to THUFIR/hello\_gradle development by creating an account on GitHub.
but I’m also looking at:
> **[GitHub - THUFIR/java-maven-junit-helloworld: A „Hello World!” sample written...](https://github.com/THUFIR/java-maven-junit-helloworld)**
>
> A „Hello World!” sample written in Java that showcases very simple unit and integration tests. - GitHub - THUFIR/java-maven-junit-helloworld: A „Hello World!” sample written in Java that showcases ...
which works fine with maven.
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### Author:  [@THUFIR](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/THUFIR)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2016, 11:07am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/hello-world-junit/14090/2 "2016-02-02T11:07:30Z")
I wasn’t using the main and test directories correctly. The build works, learning how to run tests now. Code is updated.