ISBN: 9789351102359    Publisher: Shroff And O'Reilly Year of publishing: 2013     Format:  Paperback No of Pages: 100        Language: English

If you're familiar with Gradles basics elements possibly through the authors previous OReilly book, Building and Testing with Gradle this more advanced guide provides the recipes, techniques and syntax to help you master this build automation tool. With clear, concise explanations and lots of ready-to-use code examples, you'll explore four discrete areas of Gradle functionality: file operations, custom Gradle plugins, build lifecycle hooks and dependency management. Learn how to use Gradles rich set of APIs and Groovy-based Domain Specific Language to customize build software that actually conforms to your product. By using the techniques in this book, you'll be able to write domain-specific builds that support every other line of code your team creates. Examine Gradles file API, including copy tasks, pattern matching, content filtering and the File Collection interface. Understand the process for building and packaging a custom Gradle plug-in. Manage build complexity with hook methods and Gradles rule feature. Learn how Gradle handles dependency management natively and through customization. Explore Gradles core plug-ins as well as key examples from the Gradle community.
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Tim Berglund is a full-stack generalist and passionate teacher who loves coding, presenting and working with people. He is founder and principal software developer at the August Technology Group, a technology consulting firm focused on the JVM. He is a speaker internationally and on the No Fluff Just Stuff tour in the United States, co-presenter of the best-selling O'Reilly Git Master Class and is co-president of the Denver Open Source User Group. He has recently been exploring build automation, non-relational data stores and abstract ideas like how to make software architecture look more like an ant colony. He lives in Littleton, CO with the wife of his youth and their three children.
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