Description

Build and test software written in Java and many other languages with Gradle, the open source tool that improves on the best ideas of Ant, Maven, and other project automation solutions. This concise introduction provides numerous code examples to help you explore Gradle, both as a build tool and as a complete solution for automating the compilation, test, and release process of simple and enterprise-level applications.

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On Jul 17 Santosh Shanbhag wrote: Get going with Gradle in no time!
My first reaction when I heard of Gradle was a sarcastic "Yay! Yet another build tool that will frustrate me when I use it on my enterprise projects". However, as I read through this book, I found a new promise to liberate me from the complex world of Maven. The authors have done a fantastic job of explaining how Gradle provides the flexibility of Ant, dependency management style of Ivy, the intelligent defaults of Maven, the speed and hashing of Git, and the meta-programming power of Groovy. Full Review  >

Rating: 5.0