Publishing to Repositories

Ever wondered how open-source libraries or internal company tools become available for others to use? It's all about publishing!

In this lesson, you'll learn how to use Gradle to publish your project's compiled artifacts (like JARs) to central repositories. This makes them easily consumable as dependencies by other projects.

Let's clarify some key terms:

• An artifact is a deployable output of your project, typically a compiled JAR, WAR, or AAR file. It's the 'product' you want to share.
• A repository is a storage location for these artifacts. Think of it as a digital library where artifacts are stored and retrieved. Examples include Maven Central, JCenter, Artifactory, or Nexus.

They are crucial for managing project dependencies.