Gradle released versions 2.2 and 2.3 with several new features such as improved component selection rules, declaring module replacements, Sonar Runner plugin improvements, and compatibility with OpenShift. The ANTLR plugin was updated to support ANTLR versions 3.x and 4.x, and the ANTLR task now runs in a separate process. Gradle continues to improve build configuration, dependency management, and integration with tools like Ant and ANTLR.
This document discusses using Gradle REPL and code completion tools to make Gradle more useful. It introduces the Gradle Groovysh plugin, which provides a Gradle REPL for code completion and testing. It also introduces Groc, which can generate HTML documentation from JavaDoc with Markdown. A demo is provided of using these tools with Gradle.