Gradle

  What you’ll build You’ll create a simple app and then build it using Gradle. What you’ll need About 15 minutes A favorite text editor or IDE JDK 6  or later How to complete this guide Like most Spring  Getting Started guides , you can start from scratch and complete each step or you can bypass basic setup steps that are already familiar to you. Either way, you end up with working code. To  start from scratch , move on to  Set up the project . To  skip the basics , do the following: Download  and unzip the source repository for this guide, or clone it using  Git :  git clone  https://github.com/spring-guides/gs-gradle.git cd into  gs-gradle/initial Jump ahead to  Install Gradle . When you finish , you can check your results against the code in  gs-gradle/complete . Set up the project First you set up a Java project for Gradle to build. To keep the focus on Gradle, make the project as simple as possible for now. Create the...

  Installation The current Gradle release is 8.5. You can download binaries and view docs for all Gradle versions from the  releases page . Prerequisites Additional resources Installing with a package manager Installing manually Upgrade with the Gradle Wrapper Older Releases Command-Line Completion Prerequisites Gradle runs on all major operating systems and requires only a  Java JDK  version 8 or higher to be installed. To check, run  java -version : $ java -version java version "1.8.0_121" Additional resources On-demand and live  online training  is available for free to Gradle users. Self-paced  tutorials  are a good place to try Gradle with a variety of languages in addition to the  docs . Gradle has a visual build inspection tool:  Build Scan™ . Finally, the  Gradle Newsletter  is a great way to keep  UP-TO-DATE , with issues crafted monthly. Installing with a package manager SDKMAN!  is a tool for managing ...