Tasks and Build Lifecycle
Define and manage Gradle tasks, understand their dependencies, and grasp the build lifecycle phases.
What are Gradle Tasks?
Welcome! In this lesson, we'll dive into Gradle Tasks, the fundamental units of work in any Gradle build.
- A task represents a single, atomic piece of work that Gradle performs.
- Think of tasks as actions like 'compile code', 'run tests', 'clean build directory', or 'deploy application'.
- They are the building blocks that make up your entire build process.
Discovering Built-in Tasks
Gradle comes with many built-in tasks. You can list all available tasks for your project using the command line:
gradle tasks
This command shows a categorized list of tasks, including those provided by plugins and any custom tasks you define. It's a great way to explore what your build can do!
All lessons in this course
- Gradle Installation & CLI
- Gradle Project Structure
- Tasks and Build Lifecycle
- Multi-Project Builds & the Settings File