After we have created a useful application, the odds are that we want to share it with other people. One way to do this is to create a binary distribution that can be downloaded from our website. This blog post describes how we can build a binary distribution that fulfils the following requirements: Our binary […] Read more

It is challenging, if not impossible, to create real life applications which don't have any external dependencies. That is why dependency management is a vital part of every software project. This blog post describes how we can manage the dependencies of our projects with Gradle. We will learn to configure the used repositories and the […] Read more

This blog post describes how we can compile and package a simple Java project by using Gradle. Our Java project has only one requirement: Our build script must create an executable jar file. In other words, we must be able to run our program by using the command: Let's find out how we can fulfil […] Read more

Gradle is a build tool which replaces XML based build scripts with an internal DSL which is based on Groovy programming language. It has gained a lot of traction recently and that is I why I decided to take a closer look at it. This blog post is the first part of my Gradle tutorial, […] Read more