Gradle

1. Gradle basics

   Projects, build scripts, tasks, plugins and dependencies.

2. Build lifecycle

   Initialization, configuration and execution phases.

3. Tasks

   Task types, dependencies, inputs and outputs.

4. Plugins

   Applying core and community plugins.

5. Dependency management

   Configurations, repositories, resolution and conflicts.

6. Version catalogs

   Version catalogs (libs.versions.toml) for centralizing dependency and plugin versions.

7. Multi-project builds

   Settings, subprojects and composite builds.

8. Build cache

   Local and remote task output caching.

9. Configuration cache

   The configuration cache that reuses the result of the configuration phase and its compatibility rules.

10. Gradle daemon

    Long-lived JVM process for faster builds.

11. Java toolchains

    Java toolchains that select the JDK used to compile and test.

12. Performance

    Tuning build speed with parallel execution, caching, the daemon and build scans.

13. Writing plugins and tasks

    Writing custom plugins and tasks, extensions and convention plugins.

14. Gradle Wrapper

    Pinning Gradle versions per project.

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