Gradle in Action

Summary

Gradle in Action is a comprehensive guide to end-to-end project automation with Gradle. Starting with the basics, this practical, easy-to-read book discusses how to build a full-fledged, real-world project. Along the way, it touches on advanced topics like testing, continuous integration, and monitoring code quality. You'll also explore tasks like setting up your target environment and deploying your software.

About the Technology

Gradle is a general-purpose build automation tool. It extends the usage patterns established by its forerunners, Ant and Maven, and allows builds that are expressive, maintainable, and easy to understand. Using a flexible Groovy-based DSL, Gradle provides declarative and extendable language elements that let you model your project's needs the way you want.

About the Book

Gradle in Action is a comprehensive guide to end-to-end project automation with Gradle. Starting with the basics, this practical, easy-to-read book discusses how to establish an effective build process for a full-fledged, real-world project. Along the way, it covers advanced topics like testing, continuous integration, and monitoring code quality. You'll also explore tasks like setting up your target environment and deploying your software.

The book assumes a basic background in Java, but no knowledge of Groovy.

Whats Inside

• A comprehensive guide to Gradle
• Practical, real-world examples
• Transitioning from Ant and Maven
• In-depth plugin development
• Continuous delivery with Gradle

About the Author

Benjamin Muschko is a member of the Gradleware engineering team and the author of several popular Gradle plugins.

Table of Contents

PART 1 INTRODUCING GRADLE
1. Introduction to project automation
2. Next-generation builds with Gradle
3. Building a Gradle project by example
PART 2 MASTERING THE FUNDAMENTALS
4. Build script essentials
5. Dependency management
6. Multiproject builds
7. Testing with Gradle
8. Extending Gradle
9. Integration and migration
PART 3 FROM BUILD TO DEPLOYMENT
10. IDE support and tooling
11. Building polyglot projects
12. Code quality management and monitoring
13. Continuous integration
14. Artifact assembly and publishing
15. Infrastructure provisioning and deployment

Benjamin Muschko is a senior software engineer with more than 20 years of experience in developing and delivering business applications. He is an active Gradle contributor and author of several popular plugins.