Gradle Build Tool

Installing manually

Step 1. Download the latest Gradle distribution

The current Gradle release is version 8.2.1, released on 10 Jul 2023. The distribution zip file comes in two flavors:

• Binary-only

Download and Extract to disk, then add to path so that you can use gradle init

E:\work\myGradle>gradle init

Select type of project to generate:
1: basic
2: application
3: library
4: Gradle plugin
Enter selection (default: basic) [1..4] 1

Select build script DSL:
1: Kotlin
2: Groovy
Enter selection (default: Kotlin) [1..2] 2

Project name (default: myGradle): gradle-tutorial
Generate build using new APIs and behavior (some features may change in the next minor release)? (default: no) [yes, no]

Task :init
To learn more about Gradle by exploring our Samples at https://docs.gradle.org/8.2.1/samples

BUILD SUCCESSFUL in 54s
2 actionable tasks: 2 executed

Open folder with vsCode to view files…

Java files go in: src/main/java/com/earnhardt

Java Test files go in: src/test/java/com/earnhardt

Update the build.gradle to add ‘Plugins’ , ‘jar-manifest’, ‘repositories’, and ‘dependencies’

Create the main program file:

src/main/java/com/earnhardt/GradleTutorial.java

package com.earnhardt;

public class GradleTutorial {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println("Gradle 4tw!");
    }
}

Create the test program file:

src/test/java/com/earnhardt/GradleTutorialTest.java

package com.earnhardt;

import org.junit.Test;

public class GradleTutorialTest {
    @Test
    public void verifyNoExceptionThrown() {
        GradleTutorial.main(new String[]{});
    }
}

Notice, after ‘gradle init’ has been run, you use gradlew going forward….

Once built, test results are stored in build/reports/test/com.earnhardt.html

java -jar build\libs\gradle-tutorial.jar