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Gradle Article in JAXmag
This week, JAXmag issue #3 has been released. The issue is all about build tools. It contains articles on Maven, Ant, and an introductory article on Gradle that I had been asked to write. I might be a...
View ArticleGradle Daemon
Even when you run a Gradle build that is up-to-date, it takes several seconds for the build to complete. Valuable time is lost at startup since for every build, the JVM and all the Groovy classes must...
View ArticleConvenient test execution with camel-case support
In Gradle, you can run a single test (or a pattern of tests) by specifying the system property test.single, where test is the name of the Gradle Test task in your build script. For example, to run the...
View ArticleTask auto-completion on the command-line
Gradle’s camel-case support to abbreviate long task names on the command line is very efficient to work with. For example, if you have a task called processTestResources, you can run it like this: $...
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3-part Gradle series in Javamagazin
I’ve written a 3-part series on Gradle for the Javamagazin. On a total of about 18 pages, I explain Gradle for Java developers, Gradle concepts, and Gradle in the enterprise. The full series is...
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Running Gradle from Textmate
For those of you who prefer editing and running your Gradle builds via TextMate, I have created a TextMate bundle to run your builds directly from your favourite editor. The bundle is available at...
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Incremental tests with Jenkins
For those of you excercising continuous integration a software build can never be fast enough right? Gradle with its incremental build feature cuts down the build time of an average java or groovy...
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