Luke Daley's Introduction to Gradle workshop December 5, 2011

Gradle is a next-generation build tool for the JVM that combines the flexibility of Ant with the conventions and dependency management of Maven. Based on an extensible a Groovy DSL, Gradle provides a declarative way to describe a project build through sensible defaults, plus a powerful imperative scripting language (Groovy) when you need it. Gradle is quickly becoming the build system of choice for many open source and corporate organizations.

This Introduction to Gradle workshop is designed for software developers already well versed in Java but who are new to Gradle. The workshop consists of interleaved lecture and live coding in which participants are invited to follow along and ask questions.

This Introduction to Gradle Workshop will cover material including:

An introduction to Groovy
Understanding Gradle tasks
Configuration and execution of builds
Building Java code
External repositories and dependencies
Built-in support for testing
File and archive operations

Bring a laptop with Java installed and be ready to use your favorite text editor.

Groovy and Gradle downloads will be provided along with lab materials. This training is provided by Gradleware, the company behind Gradle and enterprise software automation.

Official Website: http://skillsmatter.com/podcast/home/gradle-intro/js-1641