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Gradle User Manual

  • Getting Started

Gradle Tutorials

  • Beginner Tutorial
    • 1. Initializing the Project
    • 2. Running Tasks
    • 3. Understanding Dependencies
    • 4. Applying Plugins
    • 5. Exploring Incremental Builds
    • 6. Enabling the Build Cache
  • Intermediate 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
  • Advanced Tutorial
    • 1. Initializing the Project
    • 2. Adding an Extension
    • 3. Creating a Custom Task
    • 4. Writing a Unit Test
    • 5. Adding a DataFlow Action
    • 6. Writing a Functional Test
    • 7. Using a Consumer Project
    • 8. Publish the Plugin

Gradle Releases

  • All Releases
  • Release Notes
  • Installing Gradle
  • Upgrading Gradle
    • Within versions 9.x.y
    • To version 9.0.0
    • Within versions 8.x
    • From version 7.x to 8.0
    • From version 6.x to 7.0
    • From version 5.x to 6.0
    • From version 4.x to 5.0
  • Migrating to Gradle
    • from Maven
    • from Ant
  • Compatibility Notes
  • Gradle's Feature Lifecycle

Gradle Fundamentals

  • Learning Gradle Basics
    • 1. Core Concepts
    • 2. Wrapper Basics
    • 3. CLI Basics
    • 4. Settings File Basics
    • 5. Build File Basics
    • 6. Dependencies Basics
    • 7. Tasks Basics
    • 8. Caching Basics
    • 9. Plugins Basics
    • 10. Build Scan Basics
  • Writing Build Scripts
    • 1. Anatomy of a Gradle Build
    • 2. Structuring Multi-Project Builds
    • 3. Gradle Build Lifecycle
    • 4. Writing Build Scripts
    • 5. Gradle Managed Types
    • 6. Declaring Dependencies
    • 7. Creating and Registering Tasks
    • 8. Working with Plugins
  • Creating Plugins
    • 1. Plugin Introduction
    • 2. Pre-Compiled Script Plugins
    • 3. Binary Plugins
    • 4. Developing Binary Plugins
    • 5. Testing Binary Plugins
    • 6. Publishing Binary Plugins

Gradle Reference

  • Runtime and Configuration
    • Command-Line Interface
    • Logging and Output
    • Gradle Wrapper
    • Gradle Daemon
    • Gradle Directories
    • Build Configuration
    • Build Lifecycle
    • Build Scan
    • Continuous Builds
    • File System Watching
  • DSLs and APIs
    • Java API
    • Groovy DSL Primer
    • Groovy DSL
    • Kotlin DSL Primer
    • Kotlin DSL
    • Public APIs
    • Default Script Imports
    • Groovy to Kotlin DSL Migration
  • Gradle Managed Types
    • Lazy vs Eager Evaluation
    • Properties and Providers
    • Collections
    • Services and Service Injection
    • Dataflow Actions
    • Working with Files
  • Tasks
    • Understanding Tasks
    • Controlling Task Execution
    • Organizing Tasks
    • Implementing Custom Tasks
    • Lazy Configuration
    • Parallel Task Execution
    • Advanced Task Development
    • Shared Build Services
  • Plugins
    • Introduction to Plugins
    • Precompiled Script Plugins
    • Convention Plugins
    • Binary Plugins
    • Testing Plugins
    • Preparing to Publish
    • Publishing Plugins
    • Reporting Plugin Problems
    • Initialization Scripts & Init Plugins
    • Testing with TestKit
    • Core Plugins
  • Dependencies
    • Getting Started
    • Learning the Basics
      • 1. Declaring Dependencies
      • 2. Dependency Configurations
      • 3. Declaring Repositories
      • 4. Centralizing Dependencies
      • 5. Dependency Constraints and Conflict Resolution
    • Advanced Concepts
      • 1. Dependency Resolution
      • 2. Graph Resolution
      • 3. Variant Selection
      • 4. Artifact Resolution
    • Declaring Dependencies
      • Declaring Dependencies
      • Viewing Dependencies