Inside the Gradle DSL
summary
Examines Gradle build scripts for Java projects: common mistakes, best practices, why using allprojects {} is bad, and the role of plugins. Explains how the standard Java plugin works and shows how to write a custom plugin, how dependency scopes like api and implementation work under the hood and how to create custom scopes, and how to reuse build logic to create a custom idiomatic DSL. The session is delivered as a two-part workshop.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:31Gradle DSL problems
- 7:08Gradle build cycle
- 10:00Java plugin creation
- 14:00Included build setup
- 16:31First task implementation
- 22:53Task principles
- 31:53Compilation and caching
- 41:26Task dependencies
- 53:28Build customization
- 1:03:29Dependency configurations
- 1:16:53Artifact publishing
- 1:27:01Dependencies resolution
- 1:36:55Build variants management
- 1:42:11Plugin logic extraction
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