Update the build.gradle

appengine/helloworld-new-plugins/build.gradle

@@ -1,53 +1,64 @@
-buildscript {
+// Copyright 2015 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+// 
+//  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+//  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+//  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+// 
+//        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+// 
+//  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+//  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+//  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+//  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+//  limitations under the License.
+// [start gradle]
+buildscript {    // Configuration for building
   repositories {
-    jcenter() // Bintray's repository - a fast Maven Central mirror & more
+    jcenter()    // Bintray's repository - a fast Maven Central mirror & more
     mavenCentral()
   }
   dependencies {
-    classpath 'com.google.cloud.tools:appengine-gradle-plugin:+'    // latest App Engine Gradle plugin
+    classpath 'com.google.cloud.tools:appengine-gradle-plugin:+'    // latest App Engine Gradle tasks
   }
 }
 
-repositories {
+repositories {   // repositories for Jar's you access in your code
   maven { 
-    url 'https://maven-central.storage.googleapis.com'            // Google's mirror of Maven Central
-//     url 'https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots' // SNAPSHOT Reposiotry (if needed)
+    url 'https://maven-central.storage.googleapis.com'             // Google's mirror of Maven Central
+//   url 'https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots' // SNAPSHOT Reposiotry (if needed)
   }
   jcenter()
   mavenCentral()
 }
 
-apply plugin: 'java'
-apply plugin: 'war'
-apply plugin: 'com.google.cloud.tools.appengine'
+apply plugin: 'java'                              // standard Java tasks 
+apply plugin: 'war'                               // standard Web Archive plugin
+apply plugin: 'com.google.cloud.tools.appengine'  // App Engine tasks
 
 dependencies { // Servlet for App Engine Standard -- only one of these need to be uncommented.
 //  providedCompile group: 'javax.servlet', name: 'servlet-api', version:'2.5'
-  providedCompile 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:3.1.0' // if beta-quickstart in appengine-web.xml
+  providedCompile 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:3.1.0' // if java_quickstart in appengine-web.xml
+  compile 'com.google.appengine:appengine:+
 // Add your dependencies here.
-}
 
-task wrapper(type: Wrapper) { // use the gradle wrapper "./gradlew.sh ..."
-  gradleVersion = '2.14'      // "gradle wrapper --gradle-version 2.14" (to create files and directories)
 }
 
 model {
-  appengine {
-    run {       // dev appserver configuration (standard environments only)
-      jvmFlags = ['-Dappengine.user.timezone=UTC']
-      host = '127.0.0.1'
-      port = 8080
+  appengine {  // App Engine tasks configuration
+    run {      // local (dev_appserver) configuration (standard environments only)
+      port = 8080         // default
     }
 
-    deploy {    // deploy configuration
-      promote = true
-      stopPreviousVersion = true
+    deploy {   // deploy configuration
+      stopPreviousVersion = true  // default - stop the current version
+      promote = true              // default - & make this the current version
     }
   }
 }
 
-group = 'com.example.appengine'
-version = '1.0-SNAPSHOT'
+group = 'com.example.appengine'   // Generated output GroupId
+version = '1.0-SNAPSHOT'          // Version in generated output
 
-sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_7
-targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_7
+sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_7  // App Engine Standard uses Java 7
+targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_7  // App Engine Standard uses Java 7
+// [end gradle]

appengine/helloworld-new-plugins/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#Thu Aug 04 16:12:44 PDT 2016
+#Wed Aug 17 16:32:26 PDT 2016
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME