Gradle

• Build by convention
• Build on Java,groovy
• Maintain dependency

Installation

1. Go to gradle.org
2. gvm →groovy env manager
   1. donwload, unzip
   2. add bin to path

> gradle
> gvm install gradle

Gradle build

build.gradle file contains: tasks → assemble, build plugins

task hello {
	dolast {
		println "Hello, gradle"
	}
}

> gradle hello
> Hello gradle (output)
> apply plugin: 'java'

Gradle wrapper

build.gradle

task wrapper (type:Wrapper) {
	gradleVersion: '2.6'
}

>gradle wrapper <task>
>gradlew build

Build phases

1. Init
2. Config
3. Execute Also see task dependency.

Types task

task copyImages (type:copy) {
 from "scr"
 into "dist"
}

> gradle copyIMages

Building a Java project

> apply plugin: 'java'
> # adds build, clean, javadoc

Directory structure:

• src
  • main
    • java
    • resources
  • test
    • java
    • resources

Gradledaemon

> gradle clean
> gradle build
> gradle --daemon clean