Gradle cheat-sheet

gradle-cheat-sheet.md

Generate a new project

You can use Build Init Plugin to generate a new Gradle build.

Generate a multi-module project

The java-application generates a new multi-module project with one submodule app. The henerated project has the following layout:

.
├── app
│   ...
│   └── build.gradle
└── settings.gradle

JUnit 4 is used as a default test framework. java-application type has a test-framework parameter to specify another framework to use:

• junit-jupiter - to use JUnit Jupiter aka JUnit5
• spock - to use Spock
• testng - to use TestNG

For example to generate a new java project build with JUnit5 as a tes framework run within the project directory:

gradle init --type java-application --test-framework junit-jupiter