CFP: Gradle Build Tool - October Newsletter

[oleg-nenashev]

We are assembling the next newsletter edition. As always, we want to include major updates from the community, including recent updates in Gradle Build Tool and plugins, new blogs and articles, and upcoming events. Any other big Gradle-related updates are welcome, too! See the newsletter archive for examples

If you want to suggest something, comment on this issue!

References:

• Gradle Build Tool Newsletter archive
• Contributing to the newsletter

P.S.: Bonus points for announcing the updates in #community-newson Slack and on Gradle Forums!

[oleg-nenashev]

Nice things on Gradle and VS Code:

• https://devblogs.microsoft.com/java/java-on-visual-studio-code-update-august-2024/
• GSoC video by @Tanish-Ranjan

[autonomousapps]

This isn't really about Gradle, but it's relevant to Gradle Kotlin developers (and productivity!)

https://dev.to/autonomousapps/acab-fire-the-code-style-cop-in-your-head-m8b

[oleg-nenashev]

Of course, we need a custom Halloween image in the ending :pumpkin:

[cdsap]

• Kotlin JVM args: Inheritance & Defaults (from the Gradle daemon) by @kaeawc: https://www.jasonpearson.dev/kotlin-jvm-args-inheritance-and-defaults/
• Telltale: Automating Experimentation in Gradle Builds: https://dev.to/cdsap/telltale-automating-experimentation-in-gradle-builds-1h9m

[autonomousapps]

and another https://dev.to/autonomousapps/one-click-dependencies-fix-191p

[KengoTODA]

Our blog post describing how we halved pre-merge build time by Develocity 🤝
https://dev.henry.jp/entry/dpe-journey

[oleg-nenashev]

Thanks everyone! The October edition is live https://newsletter.gradle.org/2024/10