Unzip the skeleton file 'basics.zip' into your ~/mcs-178/lab2 directory (or
whatever directory where you keep your lab2 work.   You'll get a gradle project
named 'basics' in the directory 'basics'.   Now do

    cd basics

and stay put.   Don't cd to anywhere else until you are done with this project.
This directory will be called the "basics gradle root directory" and all
references to files and other directories in my description below will be named
relative to it.

All kotlin source files that you'll write for this project should live in
the './src/main/kotlin' directory.    Right now all these files contain
skeletons that you'll have to fill in with code.   You should use a text
editor to edit these files.    When you have finished editing even one source
file, you are ready to compile.

To compile all your kotlin source files, type

    gradle compileKotlin

This will compile all kotlin source files that live in the './src/main/kotlin'
directory.   Assume the compilation goes well and you are read to run.  Say
you want to run the 'CheckerboardKt' class file and give it an argument of 4.
You should type

    gradle run -b checkerboard.build.gradle.kts --args=4

Note that this is equivalent to what you would have typed as
'pkt CheckerboardKt 4' if you had the 'pkt' alias set up correctly.

To run the class file 'BearKt', you would type

    gradle run -b bear.build.gradle.kts

To run the class file 'BearsKt', you would type

    gradle run -b bears.build.gradle.kts

To run the class file 'RandomWalkerKt' and give it an argument of 5000, you
would type

    gradle run -b randomwalker.build.gradle.kts --args=5000

To run the class file 'RandomWalkersKt' and give it two arguments 200 and 1000, you would type 

    gradle run -b randomwalkers.build.gradle.kts --args="200 1000"