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I always felt that Gradle combined all the negatives of ant and maven in one convenient package.
by dhosek 3y ago
I always felt that Gradle combined all the negatives of ant and maven in one convenient package.
- MrBuddyCasino 3y agoThat is a great way to put it.
- HelloNurse 3y agoGradle's unconstrained and unstructured scripts are a major step downward compared to the predictable XML of Ant and Maven. For example, I have a very standard "build.gradle" for a React Native app that, in about 60 lines, - defines debug, release etc. build variants - sets SDK versions (to values from elsewhere) - contains passwords in plain text (for Java key stores) - sets the name of the app - conditionally chooses arcane linking instructions - includes freshly downloaded stuff from node_modules It's a classic instance of "they were so excited that they could, that they didn't stop to think whether they should".