Gradle Dependency Management

Preface

When we write code in our Java or Groovy project, we mostly have dependencies on other projects or libraries. For example, we could use the Spring framework in our project, so we are dependent on classes found in the Spring framework. We want to be able to manage such dependencies from Gradle, our build automation tool.

We will see how we can define and customize the dependencies we need. We learn not only how to define the dependencies, but also how to work with repositories that store the dependencies. Next, we will see how to customize the way Gradle resolves dependencies.

Besides being dependent on other libraries, our project can also be a dependency for other projects. This means that we need to know how to deploy our project artifacts ...