In this chapter, we discussed how to create our own enhanced task. We also saw how to add the class definition in our build file and use it directly in the build.

If we put the task definition in the buildSrc directory of a Gradle project or multi-project build, we can reuse the task in the context of the Gradle build. Also, we now have a good separation of the definition and configuration of the task.

Then, we discussed how to publish the task as an artifact to a repository. Other projects can include the task in their classpath using the buildscript{} script block. Then, we can configure and use the task in the project.

In this chapter, we also discussed how to write our own Gradle plugin. We have seen how to add a plugin class to our Gradle build file. Then you learned using the buildSrc directory and place the source code of the plugin there.

Finally, to make the plugin really reusable in other projects, we put the plugin code in a separate project. The plugin code is then packaged...