buildscript { repositories { maven { url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/" } } dependencies { classpath "org.shipkit:shipkit:0.9.117" } } plugins { id 'java' } apply from: 'aplugin.gradle' apply plugin: 'org.shipkit.bintray-release' //hello task task hello { doLast { println 'Baeldung' } } //Groovy in gradle task task toLower { doLast { String someString = 'HELLO FROM BAELDUNG' println "Original: " + someString println "Lower case: " + someString.toLowerCase() } } // Task dependencies task helloGradle { doLast { println 'Hello Gradle!' } } task fromBaeldung(dependsOn: helloGradle) { doLast { println "I'm from Baeldung" } } //Adding behavior to a task via api task helloBaeldung { doLast { println 'I will be executed second' } } helloBaeldung.doFirst { println 'I will be executed first' } helloBaeldung.doLast { println 'I will be executed third' } helloBaeldung { doLast { println 'I will be executed fourth' } } //Adding extra task properties task ourTask { ext.theProperty = "theValue" } task printTaskProperty { doLast { println ourTask.theProperty } } //Declaring dependencies dependencies { compile group: 'org.springframework', name: 'spring-core', version: '4.3.5.RELEASE' compile 'org.springframework:spring-core:4.3.5.RELEASE', 'org.springframework:spring-aop:4.3.5.RELEASE' compile( [group: 'org.springframework', name: 'spring-core', version: '4.3.5.RELEASE'], [group: 'org.springframework', name: 'spring-aop', version: '4.3.5.RELEASE'] ) testCompile('org.hibernate:hibernate-core:5.2.12.Final') { transitive = true } runtime(group: 'org.hibernate', name: 'hibernate-core', version: '5.2.12.Final') { transitive = false } runtime "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:2.4.11@jar" runtime group: 'org.codehaus.groovy', name: 'groovy-all', version: '2.4.11', ext: 'jar' compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: '*.jar') }