The Gradle Masterclass

Welcome to The Gradle Mastery Course. Where you will learn the intricacies and nuances of one of the most advanced software Build Tools on the planet. In this course you'll learn about Gradle from the ground up.

Starting with the corner stones of Gradle; the Domain Specific Language or DSL, the Domain Object Model and Lifecycle. Gradle relies heavily on what is called a Domain Specific Language or DSL. For along time Groovy has been Gradles go to DSL language.

So it makes sense to start there and I provide you with a good understanding in how to use Groovy with Gradle, so you can get the maximum benefit from both. Later in the course I also take a look at using Kotlin as the DSL and what IDE support there is available for this amazing programming language. I then set the scene of how Gradle works from the inside out, by looking at the Gradle Lifecycle (.

something that is often over looked. ). You'll get to understand that mastering the Gradle Lifecycle and associated Domain Objects is the key to getting that 'A-ha.