Copyright
Dedication
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Conventions Used in This Book
Using Code Examples
Safariยฎ Books Online
How to Contact Us
Acknowledgments from Tim Berglund
Acknowledgments from Matthew McCullough
Chapter 1. Hello, Gradle!
Build Files in Groovy
Domain-Specific Build Languages
Getting Started
MacOS Installation with Brew
Linux and MacOS Installation
Windows Installation
The Hello World Build File
Building a Java Program
The Gradle Command Line
Chapter 2. Gradle Tasks
Declaring a Task
Task Action
Task Configuration
Tasks Are Objects. Methods of DefaultTaskdependsOn(task)
doFirst(closure)
doLast(closure)
onlyIf(closure)
Properties of DefaultTask
didWork
enabled
path
logger
logging
description
temporaryDir
Dynamic Properties
Task Types
Copy
Jar
JavaExec
Custom Task Types
Custom Tasks Types in the Build File
Custom Tasks in the Source Tree
Where Do Tasks Come From?
Conclusion
Chapter 3. Ant and Gradle
The Vocabulary
Hello Ant
Importing Custom Ant Tasks
Complex Ant Configuration
Importing an Entire Ant Build File
Ant Target and Gradle Task Codependence
Using AntBuilder
A Harmonic Duo. Chapter 4. Maven and GradleCue Graven?
The Maven POM and Gradle Build
Maven Goals, Gradle Tasks
The Standard Maven Coordinates, Gradle Properties
More Gradle Properties
Dependencies
Repositories
Unit Testing
Multiple Source Directories
Default Tasks
The Maven Plug-in
Installing to the Local Maven Repository (Cache)
Publishing to a Maven Repository
Maven2Gradle Build Script Converter
Maven POM Import
Conclusion
Chapter 5. Testing with Gradle
JUnit
TestNG
Spock
Geb and EasyB
Gradle's Testing Focus
Chapter 6. Multiproject Builds
Multiproject Build Structure. Project-Specific Build FilesOne Master Build File
A Hybrid Multiproject Build
Individual, Unified, or Hybrid?
Multiproject Task Structure
Multiple Projects Your Way.