Gradle for Android and Java

Lesson 1: Gradle Fundamentals

Learn the syntax and semantics of Gradle build scripts, and understand the lifecycle of a Gradle build.

Lesson 2: Gradle for Java

Understand the Gradle Java plugin, build and test Java projects, and manage dependencies.

Lesson 3: Gradle for Android

Discover the Gradle integration with Android Studio, and build an app with multiple product flavors.

Lesson 4: Advanced Android Builds

Create Android libraries, and use advanced features of the Android Gradle Plugin to configure signing, obfuscation, and testing.

Final Project

Build and test a joke telling app with a free ad-supported version and a paid version. As a bonus, deploy a Google Cloud Messaging backend to supply the jokes.

• Mark Vieira - Mark Vieira is a Core Developer at Gradle. Mark has over a decade of software development experience across many projects in the public and defense sectors, and spends much of his time assisting organizations across the world adopt Gradle and streamline their build and delivery processes. When not pondering about continuous integration, Mark spends his days hiking or snowboarding in his home state of Colorado with his wife and two dogs.
• Jeremy Silver - Jeremy Silver learned to teach in the rough-and-tumble worlds of nuclear reactor operation and musical theatre. He worked on sound compression at Apple, invented a coding scheme using fractals, and wrote a physics simulation to find the most efficient way to lift heavy things over his head. Jeremy is a Course Developer at Udacity, and previously worked on the Udacity Student Support team as a Coach!