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Overview

  • What is Gradle?
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Releases

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  • Installing Gradle
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    • version 8.X to latest
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    • version 4.X to 5.0
  • Migrating to Gradle
    • from Maven
    • from Ant
  • Troubleshooting
  • Compatibility Notes
  • Gradle's Feature Lifecycle

Running Gradle Builds

  • Getting Started
  • Core Concepts
    • 1. Gradle Basics
    • 2. Gradle Wrapper Basics
    • 3. Command-Line Interface Basics
    • 4. Settings File Basics
    • 5. Build File Basics
    • 6. Dependency Management Basics
    • 7. Task Basics
    • 8. Plugins Basics
    • 9. Incremental Builds + Caching
    • 10. Build Scans
  • Tutorial
    • 1. Initializing the Project
    • 2. Running Tasks
    • 3. Understanding Dependencies
    • 4. Applying Plugins
    • 5. Exploring Incremental Builds
    • 6. Enabling the Build Cache
    • 7. Using Reference Materials
  • Gradle in the IDE
  • Continuous Build

Authoring Gradle Builds

  • Getting Started
  • Learning the Basics
    • 1. Gradle Directories
    • 2. Multi-Project Builds
    • 3. Gradle Build Lifecycle
    • 4. Writing Settings Files
    • 5. Writing Build Scripts
    • 6. Using Tasks
    • 7. Writing Tasks
    • 8. Using Plugins
    • 9. Writing Plugins
  • Tutorial
    • 1. Initializing the Project
    • 2. Understanding the Build Lifecycle
    • 3. Multi-Project Builds
    • 4. Writing the Settings File
    • 5. Writing a Build Script
    • 6. Writing Tasks
    • 7. Writing Plugins
  • Structuring Builds
    • Structuring Projects with Gradle
    • Declaring Dependencies between Subprojects
    • Sharing Build Logic between Subprojects
    • Composite Builds
    • Configuration on Demand
  • Developing Tasks
    • Understanding Tasks
    • Controlling Task Execution
    • Organizing Tasks
    • Implementing Custom Tasks
    • Configuring Tasks Lazily
    • Developing Parallel Tasks
    • Developing Advanced Tasks
    • Using Shared Build Services
  • Developing Plugins
    • Understanding Plugins
    • Understanding Implementation Options
    • Implementing Pre-compiled Script Plugins
    • Implementing Binary Plugins
    • Testing Plugins
    • Publishing Plugins
  • Understanding Gradle Types
    • Understanding Properties and Providers
    • Understanding Collections
    • Understanding Services and Service Injection
  • Other Topics
    • Working with Files
    • Initialization Scripts
    • Dataflow Actions
    • Testing with TestKit
    • Using Ant from Gradle
  • Gradle-managed Directories
  • Configuring the Build Environment
  • Logging with Gradle

Dependency Management

  • Getting Started
  • Learning the Basics
    • 1. Declaring Dependencies
    • 2. Dependency Configurations
    • 3. Declaring Repositories
    • 4. Centralizing Dependencies
    • 5. Dependency Constraints and Conflict Resolution
  • Advanced Dependency Declaration
  • Advanced Repository Declaration
  • Declaring Versions
    • Declaring Versions and Ranges
    • Declaring Rich Versions
    • Handling Changing Versions
    • Locking Versions
  • Controlling Transitives
    • Upgrading Versions
    • Downgrading and Excluding
    • Sharing Versions
    • Aligning Dependencies
    • Handling Mutually Exclusive Dependencies
    • Fixing Metadata
    • Customizing Resolution
    • Preventing accidental upgrades
  • Producing and Consuming Variants of Libraries
    • Declaring Capabilities of a Library
    • Modeling Feature Variants and Optional Dependencies
    • Understanding Variant Selection
    • Declaring Variant Attributes
    • Sharing Outputs of Projects
    • Transforming Artifacts
  • Publishing Libraries
    • Setting up Publishing
    • Understanding Gradle Module Metadata
    • Signing Artifacts
    • Customizing Publishing
    • Maven Publish Plugin
    • Ivy Publish Plugin

Authoring JVM Builds

  • Building Java & JVM projects
  • Testing Java & JVM projects
  • Java Toolchains
    • Toolchains for JVM projects
    • Toolchain Resolver Plugins
  • Managing Dependencies
  • JVM Plugins
    • Java Library Plugin
    • Java Application Plugin
    • Java Platform Plugin
    • Groovy Plugin
    • Scala Plugin

Optimizing Build Performance

  • Improving Performance of Gradle Builds
  • Gradle Daemon
  • File System Watching
  • Incremental Build
  • Using the Build Cache
    • Enabling and Configuring
    • Why use the Build Cache?
    • Understanding the Impact
    • Learning Basic Concepts
    • Caching Java Project
    • Caching Android Project
    • Debugging Caching Issues
    • Troubleshooting
  • Using the Configuration Cache
  • Inspecting Gradle Builds
  • Configuring Gradle
  • Project Properties
  • Gradle Networking

Authoring C++/Swift Builds

  • Building C++ projects
  • Testing C++ projects
  • Building Swift projects
  • Testing Swift projects

Reference

  • Gradle DSLs and API
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