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.

Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.

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

Introduction to project automation

Next-generation builds with Gradle

Building a Gradle project by example

PART 2 MASTERING THE FUNDAMENTALS

Build script essentials

Dependency management

Multiproject builds

Testing with Gradle

Extending Gradle

Integration and migration

PART 3 FROM BUILD TO DEPLOYMENT

IDE support and tooling

Building polyglot projects

Code quality management and monitoring

Continuous integration

Artifact assembly and publishing

Infrastructure provisioning and deployment