What is Gradle?

Gradle

Gradle is an open source build automation tool that is based on the concept of Apache Maven and Apache Ant. It is capable of building almost any type of software. It is designed for the multi-project build, which can be quite large. It introduces a Java and Groovy-based DSL(Domain Specific Language) instead of XML (Extensible Markup Language) for declaring the project configuration. It uses a DAG (Directed Acyclic Graph) to define the order of executing the task. 

Build tools are programs that are used to automate the creation of executable applications from source code. The building process involves compiling, linking, and packaging the code into a useful or executable form.

1. Gradle is based on developing domain-specific language projects.
2. It uses a Groovy-based Domain-specific language(DSL) for creating project structure.
3. Developing applications by adding new features to them.
4. It performs better than maven as it optimized for tracking only current running task.
5. It avoids compilation.
6. It is a new tool, which requires users to spend a lot of time to get used to it.
7. This tool is highly customizable as it supports a variety of IDE’s.
8. It supports software development in Java, C, C++, and Groovy.

Apache Groovy is a powerful, optionally typed and dynamic language, with static-typing and static compilation capabilities

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