This document summarizes and compares several Java build tools: Ant, Ivy, Maven, and Gradle. It provides an overview of each tool, including descriptions, websites, and basic usage. It also includes a comparison chart that rates each tool on criteria like learning difficulty, maintenance, speed, and stability. The conclusion is that while Ant will remain, Maven 2 is transitioning to Maven 3, and Gradle may be the future, none have obvious advantages over the others.

1. Java Build Tools Java User Group Latvia www.jug.lv

2. Agenda Ant+Ivy Maven Gradle Comparison

3. Apache Ant + Apache Ivy http://ant.apache.org http://ant.apache.org/ivy Ant is the build system for Java applications. Ant is written in Java. Ivy is a dependency management tool

4. Ant+Ivy

5. Ivy Dependencies File

6. Apache Maven 2 (3) http://maven.apache.org Maven, a Yiddish word meaning accumulator of knowledge Maven is a software project management tool. Ant is written in Java.

7. Maven 2 pom.xml

8. Maven 2 Lifecycle validate initialize generate-sources process-sources generate-resources process-resources compile process-classes generate-test-sources process-test-sources generate-test-resources process-test-resources test-compile process-test-classes test prepare-package package pre-integration-test integration-test post-integration-test verify install deploy

9. Maven 2 Multiproject

10. Gradle http://gradle.org Gradle is project automation build system. Gradle is written on Groovy.

11. Gradle simple jar

12. Gradle Task

13. Gradle Task Rules

14. Gradle dependencies

15. Gradle plugin gradle -q hello Hi from Gradle

16. Gradle Multiproject

17. Gradle Profiling gradle –profile

18. Gradle Features gradle -q distribution We build the zip with version=1.0-SNAPSHOT gradle -q release We build the zip with version=1.0 We release now

19. Who uses Gradle Hibernate Grails Groovy Spring (Integration and Security) Griffon Gant Maven 2 all others Ant …

20. Tool Comparison Ant Maven Gradle Learning difficulty 1 2 3 Out of the box 3 1 2 Maintenance 1 2 2 Speed 2 1 ? Stability ?

21. Conclusions Ant will stay Maven 2 -> Maven 3 Gradle is the future? no one has obvious advantages

22. About Me Rustam Arslanov MD of Computer Science (RTU) Work experience as a build engineer for 5 years