It is a great pleasure to have this first book of the Gradle O’Reilly series in my virtual hands. There could be no better endorsement of Gradle as a technology than to have such outstanding technologists as Tim and Matthew to think it worthwhile to write a book series on the subject.

In our experience, automation—not mere building—is a crucial part of shipping software successfully. We are very happy that more and more organizations are choosing Gradle as their tool of choice for modeling and choreographing their automation needs.

This book is the best available introduction into Gradle. It is wonderfully written. The presentation of the topics reflect the extraordinary teaching skills of the authors. The book provides an excellent start and orientation for the Gradle technology.