Gradle build system

Gradle is an open-source build automation tool that is renowned for its flexibility, performance, and ability to support multi-language development. It combines the declarative power of convention-over-configuration found in Maven with the imperative flexibility of Ant, using a Groovy or Kotlin…

Key facts

First appeared: 2007
Category: technology
Problem solved: Gradle was created to solve the limitations of existing build systems: the verbosity and lack of dependency management in Ant, and the rigidity and difficulty of customization in Maven. It aimed to provide a powerful and flexible build system that could handle complex, multi-project, and polyglot builds efficiently, combining the best aspects of its predecessors.
Platforms: Linux, Java Virtual Machine (JVM), macOS, Windows

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