+1 On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 5:42 PM, Ron Wheeler <rwhee...@artifact-software.com>wrote:
> Moving from Ant to Maven is a change of attitude. > You are right that Maven does make builds much more uniform. > Once a project is set up, the next guy to work on it only has to write > code and add dependencies, the rest of the environment is laid out. > > Never heard of Gradle so I can not compare them. > > Maven has a huge following and almost any library that you want to use has > a Maven distribution available at Maven Central or in a public repo that > you can connect to . > Saves a lot of grief. > > If you go with Maven, get your own repo set up before you unleash the > developers. > > Ron > > > On 09/09/2012 5:20 PM, KARR, DAVID wrote: > >> At the risk of starting a flame war, what are some arguments for Maven >> vs. Gradle? >> >> This is in the context of a change and risk-averse organization that >> currently has a large Ant build, although with some associated Maven builds. >> >> I see the advantages of Gradle as a much better Ant, but I would be >> concerned about losing the advantages of Maven, like better integrated tool >> support. >> >> One of the disadvantages of Gradle is the same as Ant, which is that it's >> very easy to have two people do similar things in a completely different >> way. Gradle makes it easier to reuse things, but it doesn't seem like it >> nudges you that hard in that direction. >> >> I can see the possibility of calling Groovy from Maven, but having that >> be Gradle code would require the Gradle runtime, and I don't see a "Gradle >> Maven plugin" yet (although I believe I've seen a "Maven Gradle plugin). >> Even if you could do this, I'm not sure it makes sense or provides >> significant value. >> >> ------------------------------**------------------------------**--------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: >> users-unsubscribe@maven.**apache.org<users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org> >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org >> >> >> > > -- > Ron Wheeler > President > Artifact Software Inc > email: rwhee...@artifact-software.com > skype: ronaldmwheeler > phone: 866-970-2435, ext 102 > > > > ------------------------------**------------------------------**--------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > users-unsubscribe@maven.**apache.org<users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org> > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org > >
