Gradle
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CommentsWhat is Gradle?
Gradle is a build tool with a focus on build automation and support for multi-language development. If you are building, testing, publishing, and deploying software on any platform, Gradle offers a flexible model that can support the entire development lifecycle from compiling and packaging code to publishing web sites.
Gradle is a tool in the Build Automation category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Declarative builds and build-by-conventionLanguage for dependency based programmingStructure your buildDeep APIGradle scalesMulti-project buildsMany ways to manage your dependenciesGradle is the first build integration tool
Gradle Pros & Cons
Pros of Gradle
- ✓Flexibility
- ✓Easy to use
- ✓Groovy dsl
- ✓Slow build time
- ✓Crazy memory leaks
- ✓Fast incremental builds
- ✓Kotlin DSL
- ✓Windows Support
Cons of Gradle
- ✗Inactionnable documentation
- ✗It is just the mess of Ant++
- ✗Hard to decide: ten or more ways to achieve one goal
- ✗Bad Eclipse tooling
- ✗Dependency on groovy
Gradle Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Gradle?
CMake
It is used to control the software compilation process using simple platform and compiler independent configuration files, and generate native makefiles and workspaces that can be used in the compiler environment of the user's choice.
Apache Maven
Maven allows a project to build using its project object model (POM) and a set of plugins that are shared by all projects using Maven, providing a uniform build system. Once you familiarize yourself with how one Maven project builds you automatically know how all Maven projects build saving you immense amounts of time when trying to navigate many projects.
Sonatype Nexus
It is an open source repository that supports many artifact formats, including Docker, Java™ and npm. With the Nexus tool integration, pipelines in your toolchain can publish and retrieve versioned apps and their dependencies
