Why is Gradle gaining so much ground in the world of build tools? With his in-depth knowledge, Spencer will share the top five reasons to consider Gradle as your build tool of choice.

1. Five Takeaways
-Spencer

2. #1 You don’t have
to install it

3. #1 You don’t have
to install it
Assuming you have someone who knows what they are doing

4. Almost too easy
wrapper {
gradleVersion = '2.13'
}

5. #2 It’s not XML

6. #2 It’s not XML
<subtitle>Your eyes don’t need to bleed</subtitle>

7. <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0
http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>org.merscwog</groupId>
<artifactId>compare</artifactId>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<version>1.0</version>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.12</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</project>
apply plugin: 'java'
group = 'org.merscwog'
version = '1.0'
repositories {
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
}

8. #3 Gradle plays
well with others

9. #3 Gradle plays
well with others
Although it still wants to take over the world

11. #4 It doesn’t waste
your time

12. #4 It doesn’t waste
your time
Laziness can be a virtue

21. #5 Gradle cares

22. #5 Gradle cares
Ok, it really doesn’t care, it’s just a tool, but the community does

23. 20
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216
0
50
100
150
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250
Unique Contributors
Ant Maven Gradle

24. 1.93
2.75
6.8
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Releases PerYear
Ant Maven Gradle

25. If you have any type of question related to
Gradle, head straight to the forums
https://discuss.gradle.org/
Github source code repository
https://github.com/gradle/gradle

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