To appreciate the benefits of Gradle, it helps to understand where it came from. When Gradle was first released in 2007, the Java ecosystem had already established several viable tools. Ant emerged in ...

Gradle and Maven are two of the top build automation tools available for developers. Learn how these tools differ to find the right DevOps tool for your projects. Two of the most popular DevOps tools ...

I distinctly remember what it felt like the first time I started Android development and opened up Android Studio (well, Eclipse back then). I sat, stupefied, looking at the vast array of different ...

Does it feel like Android Studio packages and builds your apps, with very little input from you? Behind the scenes, Android Studio uses the Gradle automated build toolkit, and although it’s possible ...

For Java-based programs such as Maven, Jenkins, Gradle or Tomcat to run, they need to know that Java's JDK is installed. That's the purpose of the JAVA_HOME environment variable. It tells programs ...