Gradle Effective Implementations Guide - Second Edition - Brossura

Ikkink, Hubert Klein

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1784394971 ISBN 13: 9781784394974

Casa editrice: Packt Publishing, 2016

Riassunto

A comprehensive guide to get up and running with build automation using Gradle

About This Book

• Practical and engaging from start to finish covering the fundamentals of Gradle
• Learn the skills required to develop Java applications with Gradle and integrate at an enterprise level
• Apply the correct plugin and configuration to our Gradle build files to work with the different languages

Who This Book Is For

This book is for Java developers who have working knowledge of build automation processes and are now looking to gain expertise with Gradle and add to their skill set.

What You Will Learn

• Write your first Gradle Script
• Write build logic with the Gradle build language
• Explore the Java plugins supported by Gradle
• Understand dependency management in Gradle
• Package and publish your (web) application
• Integrate Scala and Groovy with Gradle
• Write your own custom tasks and plugins
• Integrate Gradle with your IDE

In Detail

Gradle is a project automation tool that has a wide range of applications. The basic aim of Gradle is to automate a wide variety of tasks performed by software developers, including compiling computer source code to binary code, packaging binary codes, running tests, deploying applications to production systems, and creating documentation.

The book will start with the fundamentals of Gradle and introduce you to the tools that will be used in further chapters. You will learn to create and work with Gradle scripts and then see how to use Gradle to build your Java Projects. While building Java application, you will find out about other important topics such as dependency management, publishing artifacts, and integrating the application with other JVM languages such as Scala and Groovy.

By the end of this book, you will be able to use Gradle in your daily development. Writing tasks, applying plugins, and creating build logic will be your second nature.

Style and approach

This step-by-step guide aims to cover the fundamentals of Gradle and focuses on providing the practical skills required to develop web application.

Su questo libro

Informazioni sull?autore

Hubert Klein Ikkink, born in 1973, lives in Tilburg, the Netherlands, with his beautiful wife and three gorgeous children. He is also known as mrhaki, which is simply the initials of his name prepended with "mr". He studied information systems and management at Tilburg University. After finishing his studies in 1996, he started to develop Java software. Over the years, his focus switched from applets to servlets, and from Java Enterprise Edition applications to Spring-based software and Groovy-related technologies. He likes the expressiveness of the Groovy language and how it is used in other tools, such as Gradle. He also wrote Gradle Dependency Management, Packt Publishing.

In the Netherlands, Hubert works for a company called JDriven. JDriven focuses on technologies that simplify and improve the development of enterprise applications. Employees of JDriven have years of experience with Java and related technologies and are all eager to learn about new technologies. Hubert works on projects using Grails and Java combined with Groovy and Gradle.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Packt Publishing
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1784394971
• ISBN 13: 9781784394974
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 368
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile