Groovy Techniques for Build Processes
Learn how Groovy can simplify your build process, whether you work with Ant, Maven, Gradle, or a custom approach. This presentation will review Groovy build tools like AntBuilder, Grapes, and GMaven, and provide an introduction to Gradle as well.
Groovy is designed to work with existing Java systems, so it's only natural that it provides a variety of ways to simplify your build process, whatever it may be. From basic classes to full frameworks, you have a wide variety of options at your disposal. The pros and cons of each will be discussed here.
About Kenneth Kousen
Ken Kousen is a Java Champion, several time JavaOne Rock Star, and a Grails Rock Star. He is the author of the Pragmatic Library books “Mockito Made Clear” and “Help Your Boss Help You,” the O'Reilly books “Kotlin Cookbook”, “Modern Java Recipes”, and “Gradle Recipes for Android”, and the Manning book “Making Java Groovy”. He also has recorded over a dozen video courses for the O'Reilly Learning Platform, covering topics related to Android, Spring, Java, Groovy, Grails, and Gradle.
His academic background include BS degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics from M.I.T., an MA and Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from Princeton, and an MS in Computer Science from R.P.I. He is currently President of Kousen IT, Inc., based in Connecticut.
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