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Spring Boot Gradle Plugin 1. Overview The Spring Boot Gradle plugin helps us manage Spring Boot dependencies, as well as package and run our application when using Gradle as a build tool. In this tutorial, we’ll discuss how we can add and configure the plugin, and then we’ll see how… Continue Reading spring-boot-gradle-plugin

Writing Custom Gradle Plugins 1. Introduction Gradle is a very popular build tool, which is often appreciated for the highly-customizable build process. Today we’re going to show how to create custom Gradle plugins, that will allow us to modify the build process beyond what we can achieve with the standard… Continue Reading gradle-create-plugin

Run a Java main Method Using Gradle 1. Introduction In this tutorial, we’ll explore the different methods of executing a Java main method using Gradle. 2. Java main Method There are several ways in which we can run a Java main method with Gradle. Let us look at them closely… Continue Reading gradle-run-java-main

A Custom Task in Gradle 1. Overview In this article, we’ll cover how to create a custom task in Gradle. We’ll show a new task definition using a build script or a custom task type. For the introduction to the Gradle, please see this article. It contains the basics of… Continue Reading gradle-custom-task

Gradle: build.gradle vs. settings.gradle vs. gradle.properties 1. Overview In this article, we’ll look at the different configuration files of a Gradle Java project. Also, we’ll see the details of an actual build. You can check this article for a general introduction to Gradle. 2. build.gradle Let’s assume that we’re just creating a… Continue Reading gradle-build-settings-properties

Introduction to Gradle 1. Overview Gradle is a Groovy-based build management system designed specifically for building Java-based projects. Installation instructions can be found here. 2. Building Blocks – Projects and Tasks In Gradle, Builds consist of one or more projects and each project consists of one or more tasks. A… Continue Reading gradle

Ant vs Maven vs Gradle 1. Introduction In this article, we’ll explore three Java build automation tools which dominated the JVM ecosystem – Ant, Maven, and Gradle. We’ll introduce each of them and explore how Java build automation tools evolved. 2. Apache Ant In the beginning, Make was the only… Continue Reading ant-maven-gradle

Creating a Fat Jar in Gradle 1. Overview In this quick article, we’ll cover creating a “fat jar” in Gradle. Basically, a fat jar (also known as uber-jar) is a self-sufficient archive which contains both classes and dependencies needed to run an application. 2. Initial Setup Let’s start with a… Continue Reading gradle-fat-jar