Introducing Gradle

Synopsis

This concise book is a quick-start primer on the Gradle build automation tool. It provides a general introduction to Gradle, including how to set it up and the basics of Groovy, the language used for creating Gradle build files. The book also provides practical guides to writing tasks and actions and to understanding the build life cycle. Furthermore, it takes you step-by-step through the creation and use of a custom plugin. After reading and using Introducing Gradle, you will have an understanding of Gradle's dependency management and how single and multi-projects are structured and configured. It also teaches you how to use Gradle for publishing artifacts to local and Nexus remote repositories. Finally, the book covers Jenkins support for Gradle. What you'll learn What Gradle is and how it compares with Ant, Maven, and more How to set up and test Gradle Basic Groovy language features What tasks and projects are How to use out-of-the-box plugins and create custom ones Dependency management with Gradle How to publish artifacts to local and remote repositories How to configure Jenkins to work with Gradle How multi-projects are organized Who this book is for This book is for programmers and build-automation engineers who are new to Gradle. Some exposure to Java is helpful but no knowledge of Groovy is required. Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Setting up Gradle 3. Groovy Language Primer 4. Understanding Gradle Builds 5. Projects and Plugins 6. Dependency Management 7. Multi-Project Builds 8. Publishing Artifacts 9. Continuous Integration

Copyright:

2015

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781484210314

Publisher:

Apress, Berkeley, CA

Date of Addition:

09/28/16

Copyrighted By:

Springer

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Computers and Internet

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

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This is a copyrighted book.