Hi Ittay,

On Jun 24, 2008, at 12:52 PM, Ittay Dror wrote:




Ittay Dror wrote:

Hi Hans,

I've tried to test the performance of gradle on a not trivial project. So far, it doesn't look good. I couldn't make the project to build and
the performance was very poor.

The project I'm using as reference is abder
(http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/abdera/java/trunk). It is a simple project mainly with jars that is currently built using maven. A
guy by the name of Stephen Duncan posted a buildr buildfile for this
project and I created build.gradle and settings.gradle. All attached.

Buildr (> time buildr install test=off) compiles the project (without
the 'bundle' module) in 6 seconds on my machine

so i installed the jruby based version of buildr and ran the same command
and it takes 20 seconds.

Very interesting. I'm now at 21 seconds on my machine for the Gradle build (my machine was slower with the CRuby buildr build than your numbers (10 sec vs 6 seconds). And this is definitely not the end of the story. Java has out of a sudden become sexy again. ;)

- Hans


Ittay Dror wrote:

Maven (> time mvn -Dmaven.test.skip=true -o compile) takes 36 seconds
for the 'compile' phase
Gradle (> time gradle -Dskip.test -Dskip.integTest libs) takes 46
seconds until it fails trying to compile the parser module (the 3rd
module only) because javac doesn't get the path to the i18n.jar although
it depends on 'core' which depends on the dependencies:i18n project.
furthermore, the i18n jar is created as just 'i18n', i would have
expected the full name of the project ('dependencies-i18n'), to avoid
name collisions.

Ittay

All run without tests

Hans Dockter wrote:
Hi,

I have focused on improving and understanding Gradle performance the
last days. I'm pretty happy with the results and the outlook.

In trunk we have already implemented caching the compiled build
script. On my machine this compiling the build script for the Gradle
build takes about 0.4 seconds. This compilation happens so far for
every primary task execution. So gradle clean dists consumes 1 second for compilation. With caching this is now in realm of the milliseconds.

What we also want to implement soon is caching the jar for the build
sources (for build sources see UG 15.1). That would make using build
sources even more attractive. There would be no performance penalty
involved any longer.

The next issue is about evaluating the compiled build script. It was
important for me to learn that Groovy not just has a startup time but also does further initialization along the way. For example evaluating
the Gradle build script takes 0.8 seconds the first time. If you do
the same call another time it comes down to 0.1 seconds. This 0.1
seconds is likely to even dramatically improve due to the expected
performance improvements of Groovy in the future. For a single project
build is does not matter any way. But if you have a multi-project
build with 20 projects it sums up. But there are no Gradle bottlenecks
to deal with. Ittay has proposed to cache the whole project tree. I
have come to the conclusion that this is problematic:
- Technological problems: Right now Groovy does not allow to serialize closures. This is supposed to change with 1.6 I think. But our project
objects can contain any other objects. They all have to be
serializable to allow caching. At least I can't see any other means to
cache the project tree except serialization.
- Caching the project tree is really freezing things. Even changing
properties would not be reflected any longer except you manually
declare the cache invalid.
- The performance benefits are not as high as originally expected by
myself.

I think improving Groovy's startup and initialization time is the way to go. The Groovy team is not focusing on this right now and it is not
sure if there are means to achieve this. I think the way to go for
Gradle is what Ittay has proposed. Have a background process that is
fired up the first time Gradle is called. After this you have a fully initialized Gradle/Groovy. This would solve the startup time issue. Of course this would be optional. This feature is not on the 0.3 list of
features but should make it into 1.0. We might use nailgun for this
(Also used by JRuby to improve startup time, although JRuby has a much
bigger startup time issue than Groovy).

All this is also good news for the IDE efforts on the way. If someone
change the build script it would take right now 0.5 seconds to
recompile and regenerate the tasks tree for a big build script like
the Gradle build (if the system is initialized, which is easy to
achieve within an IDE). This is kind of OK already I would say. We can
expect it to improve significantly in the future (due to Groovy's
performance improvements).

Even right now I don't think Gradle has a big performance issue. For
example for the Gradle build the compile and unit test times makes 1
second startup time pretty irrelevant. On the other for short tasks
its nice to have a responsive system. And we reduce the carbon foot
print ;)

- Hans

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allprojects{
  usePlugin('java')
  sourceCompatibility = 1.5
  targetCompatibility = 1.5
  group = 'org.apache.abdera'
  version = '1.0'
  dependencies {
     addMavenRepo()
     addMavenStyleRepo('my-incubating',
'http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-incubating-repository')
     testCompile "junit:junit:3.8.2"
  }
}

def ACTIVATION =
'org.apache.geronimo.specs:geronimo-activation_1.0.2_spec:1.1'
def AXIOM = ['org.apache.ws.commons.axiom:axiom-api:1.2.5',
'org.apache.ws.commons.axiom:axiom-impl:1.2.5']
def COMMONS = [
  codec: 'commons-codec:commons-codec:1.3',
  collections: 'commons-collections:commons-collections:3.2',
  httpclient: 'commons-httpclient:commons-httpclient:3.1-rc1',
  logging: 'commons-logging:commons-logging:1.0.4'
]
def JAXEN = 'jaxen:jaxen:1.1.1'
// def JETTY = group('jetty', 'jetty-util', :under => 'org.mortbay.jetty',
:version => '6.1.7')
def SERVLET_API = 'javax.servlet:servlet-api:2.4'
def STAX = ['stax:stax-api:1.0.1', 'org.codehaus.woodstox:wstx-asl: 3.2.1']


project(':core') {
  dependencies.compile project(':dependencies:i18n'), ACTIVATION,
COMMONS.codec, COMMONS.logging
}

project(':parser') {
  dependencies.compile project(':core'), AXIOM, STAX, JAXEN,
COMMONS.logging
}

project(':protocol') {
  dependencies.compile project(':core')
}

project(':client') {
  dependencies.compile project(':parser'), project(':protocol'),
COMMONS.httpclient
}

project(':server') {
  dependencies.compile project(':parser'), project(':protocol'),
SERVLET_API
}

project(':security') {
  dependencies.compile project(':server'), project(':client')
}

project(':spring') {
  dependencies.compile project(':server')
}

project(':jcr') {
  dependencies.compile project(':client'), project(':spring'),
'javax.jcr:jcr:jar:1.0', ['jackrabbit-api', 'jackrabbit-core',
'jackrabbit-jcr-commons',
'jackrabbit-text-extractors'].collect{'org.apache.jackrabbit:' + it +
':1.3.1'}

}

project(':extensions:main') {
  dependencies.compile project(':client')
}

project(':extensions:html') {
  dependencies.compile project(':client')
}

project(':extensions:gdata') {
  dependencies.compile project(':client'), COMMONS.httpclient
}

project(':extensions:geo') {
  dependencies.compile project(':client')
}

project(':extensions:json') {
  dependencies.compile project(':extensions:main'),
project(':extensions:html'), project(':server')
}

project(':extensions:media') {
  dependencies.compile project(':client')
}

project(':extensions:opensearch') {
  dependencies.compile project(':client')
}

project(':extensions:sharing') {
  dependencies.compile project(':client')
}

project(':extensions:wsse') {
  dependencies.compile project(':client')
}

project(':extensions:oauth') {
  dependencies.compile project(':client')
}

project(':extensions:serializer') {
  dependencies.compile project(':server')
}

project(':extensions:features') {
  dependencies.compile project(':server'), project(':client')
}

project(':examples') {
  dependencies.compile project(':extensions').subprojects
}








VERSION_NUMBER = '0.4.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT'
GROUP = 'org.apache.abdera'

ACTIVATION =
'org.apache.geronimo.specs:geronimo-activation_1.0.2_spec:jar:1.1'
AXIOM = group('axiom-api', 'axiom-impl', :under =>
'org.apache.ws.commons.axiom', :version => '1.2.5')
COMMONS = struct(
  :codec => 'commons-codec:commons-codec:jar:1.3',
  :collections => 'commons-collections:commons-collections:jar:3.2',
  :httpclient => 'commons-httpclient:commons-httpclient:jar:3.1-rc1',
  :logging => 'commons-logging:commons-logging:jar:1.0.4'
)
JAXEN = 'jaxen:jaxen:jar:1.1.1'
JETTY = group('jetty', 'jetty-util', :under => 'org.mortbay.jetty',
:version => '6.1.7')
SERVLET_API = 'javax.servlet:servlet-api:jar:2.4'
STAX = ['stax:stax-api:jar:1.0.1',
'org.codehaus.woodstox:wstx-asl:jar:3.2.1']

repositories.remote << 'http://repo1.maven.org/maven2' <<
'http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-incubating-repository'

desc 'Atom Specification Implementation'
define 'abdera' do
  project.version = VERSION_NUMBER
  project.group = GROUP
  compile.options.target = '1.5'

  desc 'Abdera Source Dependencies'
  define 'dependencies' do
    desc 'RFC 3987 (Internationlaized Resource Identifier) libraries'
    define 'i18n' do
      package :jar
     end
  end

  desc 'Atom Specification Implementation Core'
  define 'core' do
compile.with project('dependencies:i18n'), ACTIVATION, COMMONS.codec,
COMMONS.logging
    package :jar
  end

  desc 'Atom Specification Implementation Parser'
  define 'parser' do
    compile.with projects('dependencies:i18n', 'core'), AXIOM, STAX,
JAXEN, COMMONS.logging
    package :jar
  end

  desc 'Atom Publishing Protocol Implementation Core'
  define 'protocol' do
    compile.with projects('dependencies:i18n', 'core'), ACTIVATION,
COMMONS.codec
    package :jar
  end

  desc 'Atom Publishing Protocol Client Implementation'
  define 'client' do
    compile.with projects('dependencies:i18n', 'core', 'parser',
'protocol'), COMMONS.httpclient
    test.with JETTY, SERVLET_API
    package :jar
  end

desc 'Atom Publishing Protocol Specification Server-Side Implementation'
  define 'server' do
    compile.with projects('dependencies:i18n', 'core', 'parser',
'protocol'), SERVLET_API, COMMONS.logging
    test.with project('client'), COMMONS.httpclient, JETTY
    package :jar
  end

  desc 'Atom Specification Implementation Security'
  define 'security' do
compile.with projects('dependencies:i18n', 'core', 'parser', 'client',
'protocol', 'server'), AXIOM, COMMONS.codec,
      'bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15:jar:124', 'xalan:xalan:jar:2.7.0',
'xerces:xercesImpl:jar:2.8.1', 'xml-security:xmlsec:jar:1.3.0'
    test.with COMMONS.httpclient, JETTY, SERVLET_API
    package :jar
  end

  desc 'Abdera Spring Integration'
  define 'spring' do
    compile.with projects('dependencies:i18n', 'core','parser',
'protocol', 'server'), SERVLET_API,
      Buildr::group('spring-beans', 'spring-context', 'spring-core',
'spring-web', :under => 'org.springframework', :version => '2.0.6')
test.with COMMONS.logging, 'org.springframework:spring- mock:jar:2.0.6'
    package :jar
  end

  desc 'JCR AtomPub Server implementation Abdera'
  define 'jcr' do
    compile.with projects('dependencies:i18n', 'core', 'parser',
'protocol', 'client', 'server', 'spring'),
      COMMONS.logging, 'javax.jcr:jcr:jar:1.0',
      Buildr::group('jackrabbit-api', 'jackrabbit-core',
'jackrabbit-jcr-commons', 'jackrabbit-text-extractors', :under =>
'org.apache.jackrabbit', :version => '1.3.1')
test.with JETTY, SERVLET_API, COMMONS.httpclient, COMMONS.collections,
COMMONS.codec, AXIOM, JAXEN,
Buildr::group('slf4j-api', 'slf4j-jdk14', :under => 'org.slf4j',
:version => '1.4.3'),
      'concurrent:concurrent:jar:1.3.4',
'org.apache.derby:derby:jar:10.2.1.6',
'org.apache.lucene:lucene-core:jar:2.0.0'
    package :jar
  end

  desc 'Abdera Extensions'
  define 'extensions' do
    desc 'Atom Specification Extensions - Main'
    define 'main' do
      compile.with projects('dependencies:i18n', 'core', 'parser',
'protocol', 'client'), AXIOM, STAX
      package :jar
    end

    desc 'Atom Specification Extensions - HTML'
    define 'html' do
      compile.with projects('dependencies:i18n', 'core', 'parser',
'protocol', 'client'), AXIOM, STAX,
'nu.validator.htmlparser:htmlparser:jar:1.0.5'
      package :jar
    end

    desc 'Atom Specification Extensions - GData'
    define 'gdata' do
      compile.with projects('dependencies:i18n', 'core', 'parser',
'protocol', 'client'), AXIOM, STAX, COMMONS.httpclient
      package :jar
    end

    desc 'Atom Specification Extensions - Geo'
    define 'geo' do
      compile.with projects('dependencies:i18n', 'core', 'parser',
'protocol', 'client'), AXIOM, STAX
      package :jar
    end

    desc 'Atom Specification Extensions - JSON'
    define 'json' do
      compile.with projects('dependencies:i18n', 'core', 'parser',
'protocol', 'client', 'main', 'html', 'server'), AXIOM, STAX, SERVLET_API
      package :jar
    end

    desc 'Atom Specification Extensions - Media'
    define 'media' do
      compile.with projects('dependencies:i18n', 'core', 'parser',
'protocol', 'client'), AXIOM, STAX
      package :jar
    end

    desc 'Atom Specification Extensions - OpenSearch'
    define 'opensearch' do
      compile.with projects('dependencies:i18n', 'core', 'parser',
'protocol', 'client'), AXIOM, STAX
      package :jar
    end

    desc 'Atom Specification Extensions - Sharing'
    define 'sharing' do
      compile.with projects('dependencies:i18n', 'core', 'parser',
'protocol', 'client'), AXIOM, STAX
      package :jar
    end

    desc 'Atom Specification Extensions - WSSE'
    define 'wsse' do
      compile.with projects('dependencies:i18n', 'core', 'parser',
'protocol', 'client'), COMMONS.httpclient, COMMONS.codec
      package :jar
    end

    desc 'Atom Specification Extensions - OAuth'
    define 'oauth' do
      compile.with projects('dependencies:i18n', 'core', 'parser',
'protocol', 'client'), AXIOM, STAX, COMMONS.httpclient, COMMONS.codec
      test.with COMMONS.logging
      package :jar
    end

    desc 'Atom Specification Extensions - Serializer'
    define 'serializer' do
      compile.with projects('dependencies:i18n', 'core', 'parser',
'protocol', 'server'), AXIOM, STAX
      package :jar
    end

    desc 'Some features I guess'
    define 'features' do
      compile.with projects('dependencies:i18n', 'core', 'parser',
'protocol', 'server', 'client'), AXIOM, STAX
      package :jar
    end
   end

  desc 'Atom Specification Implementation Examples'
  define 'examples' do
    compile.with projects('dependencies:i18n', 'core', 'parser',
'protocol', 'client', 'server', 'security'),
project('extensions').projects('main', 'serializer', 'gdata', 'geo',
'sharing', 'features'), JETTY, AXIOM, JAXEN, SERVLET_API,
COMMONS.httpclient
    package :jar
  end
end


include
'client','core','dependencies','dependencies:i18n','examples','extens ions','extensions:features','extensions:gdata','extensions:geo','exte nsions:html','extensions:json','extensions:main','extensions:media',' extensions:oauth','extensions:opensearch','extensions:serializer','ex tensions:sharing','extensions:wsse','jcr','parser','protocol','securi ty','server','spring'



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