Gradle Tutorial - why you should use it and how to get started

Learn about the reasons to use Gradle and the fundamental concepts that make it one of the best build automation tools.

Join me on this Gradle tutorial as I create a new application from scratch, and build it up with the required plugins and dependencies to run it.

If trying the example from this video in Gradle v7+ replace "testCompile" with "testImplementation" to avoid error "Could not find method testCompile()"

[delicious_lunch]

You deserve at least 10 times the views man, this is without a doubt the clearest beginners overview for Gradle that I have found online.

[alexismandelias]

I have 0 knowledge about Gradle and this 10-minute video taught me the basics in the most concise way possible, thanks!

[bernhardbaumgartner]

Never seen a better introduction to a topic than this one here. Awesome man, truly awesome!

[mehboobali]

very simple and well explained👌 thanks Tom👍

[fatemsaremi]

Thank you so much for this!!! I'm having a hard time in my internship but this helps immensely

[kevinf]

Fantastic overview for starters. Thank you!

[stephenlimb]

This is clear, concise and to the point. Having worked with make, ant and maven - this is just what I needed - thanks.

[bensmith]

100% agree on @Hegyi Levente's comment. Honestly, his course not only saved me tons of time but explanations are clear and straightforward. In terms of content structure and teaching, @Tom Gregory Tech's style easily surpasses any Coursera or LinkedIn courses. Thank you again. I am more than willing to pay your courses once you list them on the website. Cheers.

[tonyhugecock]

Thanks for the video Tom. I've learned that to understand stuff I have to hear it from a few good vantage points. Thanks for incorporating the jar files into the example. I have an MS background and picked up Kotlin/Java/Groovy just recently. This covered something I didn't know I didn't know, so thats the best kind of gain.

[patmac]

Excellent tutorial that clarifies a lot of important beginner knowledge of Gradle !!!

[Miketar]

Thanks for this excellent and succinct demo of Gradle. It doesn't cover everything, but it's a perfect jumping off point to dive into Gradle's more advanced features.

[BrianRussell]

Nice fine, thanks Tom. New to gradle, but had to use

testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
instead of
testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
for it to work. Will check your course.

(v 7.0.0 installed with choclatey on Windows & using vscode)

[arm]

Thanks bro this will hopefully make using java libraries a little less frustrating

[mobbs]

such concise explanation, great video!

[jasonchen]

Very nice tutorial to get me started. Also I am looking forward to checking out your free course.

[madhes]

Very nice video for gradle introduction!

[toyboatt]

Augh. Your delivery was clear, but it's still over my head. I needed a brief intro detailing prerequisites. Like, "This is for developers that have built multiple projects using Maven and are familiar with a variety of configuration languages such as xml and Groovy"

I like the video, and I want to learn more about Maven and Gradle. I would love it if the many videos on this subject were more clear about their audience at the start of the video.

[aqueuse]

It's the tutorial I was searching, thank you !

[lifeofstormy]

I wish I have seen this video 3 years ago. When I was starting in the programming world 😢

[himanshupatankar]

Thanks a lot man, it was a huge help.