Gradle-katas

Quick start

In the Cloud

On Your Local Machine

You need to have Java and Gradle installed to run these katas. Follow the intallation guides for each product:

Java: adoptopenjdk.net
Gradle: gradle.org

You can check your installation with the following command:

$ gradle -version

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Gradle 6.1
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To work through the katas, you need to clone this repository locally. For each exercise, you will then

Go into the folder with the exrecise you want to work on
Run the setup.sh script
Consult the README.md in that folder to get a description of the exercise

These katas are designed to run under Bash, so they should be straight forward to run on MacOS or most commont Linux distributions. For windows users, we recommend using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).

Purpose of Gradle Katas

This repository is a collection of Gradle exercises. The concept is stolen without shame from Schauderhaft.de.

The exercises are designed for use when we are teaching Gradle courses. You should be able to use them as self-contained exercises that will allow you to keep your Gradle skills sharp.

Feel free to use these exercises, that's why they're public!

Suggested Learning Path

Setup

gradle-wrapper-basics - Use the gradle wrapper to ensure that the correct gradle version is used.

Task creation

task-creation - Add a simple task and execute it
build-phases - Creating dependent tasks and ordered execution

Properties

configuring-properties - Different ways of passing properties to the build
checking-properties - Verifying and using passed properties

Task Flow

task-execution-order - Instructing your tasks to run in certain order
task-dependencies - Creating a DAG (directed acyclic graph) out of your tasks

Skipping task

incremental-tasks - Defining build-input and output
skipping-execution - Conditional execution of tasks

Task types

built-in-task-types - Experiment with a variety of built-in types
custom-task-types - Defining custom re-usable types.

Plugin

applying-plugins - Looking into available plugins

Task rules and dynamic tasks

task-rules - Dynamic task content
dynamic-task-creation

Artifact handling

publish-artifact - How to share your artifact. Group, name and version practices.
resolve-artifact - Compile code using the artifact as a dependency

Extras