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Gradle Effective Implementations Guide

Gradle Effective Implementations Guide - Second Edition

By : Hubert Klein Ikkink
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Gradle Effective Implementations Guide

Gradle Effective Implementations Guide

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By: Hubert Klein Ikkink
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Overview of this book

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.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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What this book covers
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What you need for this book
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Who this book is for
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Conventions
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1. Starting with Gradle
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1. Starting with Gradle
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Declarative builds and convention over configuration
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Getting started
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Writing our first build script
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Default Gradle tasks
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Task name abbreviation
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Executing multiple tasks
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Command-line options
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Understanding the Gradle graphical user interface
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2. Creating Gradle Build Scripts
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2. Creating Gradle Build Scripts
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Writing a build script
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Defining tasks
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Build scripts are Groovy code
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Defining dependencies between tasks
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Setting default tasks
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Organizing tasks
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Adding tasks in other ways
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Accessing tasks as project properties
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Adding additional properties to tasks
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Avoiding common pitfalls
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Skipping tasks
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3. Working with Gradle Build Scripts
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3. Working with Gradle Build Scripts
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Working with files
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Project properties
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Using logging
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Using the Gradle Wrapper
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4. Using Gradle for Java Projects
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4. Using Gradle for Java Projects
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Why plugins?
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Getting started with the Java plugin
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Working with source sets
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Working with properties
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Creating Javadoc documentation
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5. Dependency Management
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5. Dependency Management
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Dependency configuration
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Repositories
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Defining dependencies
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6. Testing, Building, and Publishing Artifacts
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6. Testing, Building, and Publishing Artifacts
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Testing our projects
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Running Java applications
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Publishing artifacts
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Packaging Java Enterprise Edition applications
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7. Multi-project Builds
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7. Multi-project Builds
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Working with multi-project builds
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Working with Java multi-project builds
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Using the Jetty plugin
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8. Mixed Languages
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8. Mixed Languages
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Using the Groovy plugin
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Using the Scala plugin
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9. Maintaining Code Quality
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9. Maintaining Code Quality
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Using the Checkstyle plugin
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Using the PMD plugin
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Using the FindBugs plugin
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Using the JDepend plugin
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Using the CodeNarc plugin
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10. Writing Custom Tasks and Plugins
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10. Writing Custom Tasks and Plugins
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Creating a custom task
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Creating a task in a standalone project
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Creating a custom plugin
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Creating a plugin in the project source directory
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Creating a plugin in a standalone project
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11. Gradle in the Enterprise
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11. Gradle in the Enterprise
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Creating a sample project
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Using Jenkins
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Using JetBrains TeamCity
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Using Atlassian Bamboo
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12. IDE Support
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12. IDE Support
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Using the Eclipse plugin
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Using the IntelliJ IDEA plugin
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Running Gradle in Eclipse
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Running Gradle in IntelliJ IDEA
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When we develop applications, we usually develop the code with an IDE. In this chapter, we saw how to use the Gradle plugins in Eclipse, Eclipse WTP, and IDEA to generate project files for Eclipse and IntelliJ IDEA.

The plugins have a DSL to change the configuration before the files are generated. We can also use hooks to change the model objects before and after the DSL is applied. At the lowest level, we can use the withXml hook to alter the XML content before the file is written to the disk.

Both Eclipse and IntelliJ IDEA have plugins to import an existing Gradle project. We can then work with the project from within the IDE. Extra dependencies or changes are reflected in the classpath project files so that the code can be compiled with the IDE's compiler. We can also run Gradle tasks from within the IDE, so we don't have to leave our favorite IDE if we want to use Gradle.

In this book, we have seen the power of Gradle as a build tool. The Gradle syntax is very consistent...

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