Chapter 11. Building polyglot projects
This chapter covers
- Managing JavaScript with Gradle
- Building a Gradle project with Java, Groovy, and Scala
- Exploring plugin support for other languages
In recent years, the interest in polyglot programming and its application in real-world, mission-critical software stacks has skyrocketed. The term polyglot programming was coined to describe projects that incorporate more than one language. That’s particularly true for the Java world. For web developers, the world can no longer do without a potpourri of JavaScript, corresponding frameworks, libraries, and CSS. Backend code or desktop applications are no longer built with Java alone. Other JVM-based languages like Groovy or Scala are added to the mix. ...
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