Gradle scripts in Kotlin: is it cool?

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Argues that switching Gradle scripts to Kotlin yields static typing, immediate IDE autocomplete and earlier error detection by converting build.gradle to gradle.kts and running the accessorSnapshot task to generate a project schema JSON. Demonstrates converting an Android project end-to-end, replacing Groovy syntactic sugar with explicit calls; build and run succeed after adding an Android-specific workaround (configure<Android>()), but some plugins (notably Gradle Play Publisher) remain incompatible and tooling is still alpha, so partial migration is safer than full rewrite.

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1. 0:00Introduction to Gradle DSL
2. 10:41Problems with Groovy DSL
3. 13:11Kotlin DSL advantages
4. 20:37Migration to Kotlin DSL demo
5. 31:12Final recommendations and Q&A

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