Gradle Installation

Gradle:
1. written in java.But the DSL we use in it is in Groovy.
2. supports dependencies: Ivy and Maven

Declarative build language:Expresses Intent. Maintanable


XML:Ant -- hard to read and maintain.No conventions, we need to specify everything.
Maven: have many conventions.supports dependency management. highly extensible.


microsoft tool: junction---link between virtual and physical folders.
juntion gradle gradle-2.6\
cd gradle
dir

in the path then add: c:\users\username\gradle\bin

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Another approach instead of direct download:
gvmtool.net

curl -s get.gvmtool.net|bash
add to the path

install gradle
gvm install gradle
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