Five Takeaways

-Spencer

#1 You don’t have to install it

#1 You don’t have to install it

Assuming you have someone who knows what they are doing

Almost too easywrapper {

gradleVersion = '2.13'}

#2 It’s not XML

#2 It’s not XML

<subtitle>Your eyes don’t need to bleed</subtitle>

<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/4.0.0http://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'

}

#3 Gradle plays well with others

#3 Gradle plays well with others

Although it still wants to take over the world

#4 It doesn’t waste your time

#4 It doesn’t waste your time

Laziness can be a virtue

#5 Gradle cares

#5 Gradle cares

Ok, it really doesn’t care, it’s just a tool, but the community does

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