Introduction

Welcome to the October 2019 newsletter.

This issue covers the Gradle 6.0 RC1 release, the Gradle Enterprise 2019.3.3 release, early access to the Developer Productivity Engineering book, and the Productivity at scale: How [LinkedIn] improved build time with Gradle build cache blog post.

New Gradle content

Make sure you are ready for the upcoming switch to HTTPs for Gradle Services. This Decommissioning HTTP for Gradle Services blog post explains if you may be affected and how to prepare.

From the community

• Productivity at scale: How we improved build time with Gradle build cache - The second of two blog posts about how LinkedIn increased their Developer Productivity and save 800 hours of build time every day with Gradle Enterprise and other optimizations. The post is by engineer Devi Sridharan.
• Solving Remote Build Cache Misses by Annoying Your Colleagues - Part 2 of the blog post series about how SoundCloud increased their Developer Productivity with Gradle Enterprise and other optimizations by engineer Nelson Osacky.
• 10 Eclipse plugins you shouldn’t code without - including Gradle Buildship.
• Eclipse IDE 2019-09 release - New Gradle features include the option to run ‘debug as’ and synchronize Gradle files.

If you have a talk, blog post, or plugin release you’d like us to share in the next issue, use #gradle on Twitter or send us an email with the details to newsletter@gradle.com.

Gradle 6.0 RC1

🎉🎉 The first release candidate of Gradle 6.0 is out! 🎉🎉

This release candidate includes many exciting new features and documentation updates including:

• vastly improved dependency management features
• faster incremental Java and Groovy compilation
• support for JDK 13

Gradle 6 is a breakthrough release in terms of dependency management. It is the culmination of several years of innovative improvements including Gradle Module Metadata and sharing dependency versions between projects via platforms.

Please try the release candidate and send us your feedback.

Gradle Enterprise 2019.3.3

Gradle Enterprise 2019.3.3 is out fixing several issues raised against Gradle Enterprise 2019.3.2.

The highlights include:

• Gradle Enterprise plugin 3.0 which is compatible with the upcoming Gradle 6.0 release
• various usability improvements in the build scan UIs

Developer Productivity Engineering Book

We’ve released an early access version of our upcoming Developer Productivity Engineering book. This book is based on our collective experience learning how the world’s top development teams create a productive and joyful developer experience. Register today to get the pdf and email updates when new chapters and other related content are released.

Gradle is hiring another Developer Advocate

Do you have a knack for technical writing and an interest in improving the Gradle build tool user experience? Then you might be a good fit for our open Developer Advocate position.

The ideal candidate will have excellent English writing skills (links to samples and writing portfolios welcome), experience using Gradle and/or Maven, and a passion for helping Gradle users. Spend some time writing a cover letter and then submit an application.

Online Gradle Events

• October 24 10:00 am PT (90 minutes) Dependency Management with Gradle - Publishing and Release Strategies
• November 12-13 8:30 am PT (4 hours each day) Introduction to Gradle Training
• November 20 9:00 am PT (3 hours 30 minutes) Build Cache Deep Dive Training
• December 11 9:00 am PT (2 hours 30 minutes) Hands-on Workshop: Maximize Developer Productivity with Fast and Reliable Gradle and Maven Builds

Sponsored Events

• October 25-26: NFJS Chicago
• October 28-30: DevOps Enterprise Summit: Las Vegas
• November 1-2: NFJS Reston, VA
• November 8-9: NFJS Seattle
• November 25-26: DroidCon SF
• December 3-5: DevOps World: Lisbon
• December 4-6: Tech Leader Summit Clearwater, Florida
• December 4-6: Kotlin Conf Copenhagen, Denmark
• December 9-12: ArchConf Clearwater, Florida

Conference Talks & Meetups

• November 2-3: Improving Android Build Performance - Gradle Engineer Bo Zhang will present at DroidCon Shanghai.
• November 6: The Path to Build Happiness - Gradle Developer Advocate Jenn Strater will present at Velocity EU.
• November 13: The Path to Build Happiness - Gradle Developer Advocate Jenn Strater will present at Continuous Lifecycle Mannheim.
• November 8: Author Gradle Builds with the Kotlin DSL (Deutsch/German) - Gradle Engineer Benedikt Ritter will present at Kotlin Everywhere @ REWE Digital.
• December 2: Developer Productivity Engineering (Deutsch/German) - Gradle Engineer Stefan Wolf will present at the Munich JUG.

Job opportunities

The Gradle Inc. engineering team continues to grow. We’re currently looking for:

• Gradle Enterprise (remote/worldwide) – Solutions Engineer
• Gradle Enterprise (remote/worldwide) – Back-end and Front-end Software Engineers
• Gradle Build Tool (remote/worldwide) – Software Engineer
• Marketing (remote/worldwide) – Developer Advocate

The details of these and other open positions are available at gradle.com/careers.

If you have some news you’d like us to share in the next issue, use #gradle on Twitter or send us an email with the details to newsletter@gradle.com.

Until next time!

—The Gradle Build Tool Team