I am not sure of TheBestWay as I am still learning gradle myself coming from a background of not knowing groovy at all. What really started 'putting the pieces in place' for me was actually writing a plugin+task as I got to see some of the inner workings.
Sourcesets, for example, as well as its 'directories', are largely virtual concepts. As you reference properties et al of the sourceset gradle resolves them dynamically. Very cool and very powerful stuff. Anyway that really started helping me get into it. -- Sent from my Palm Prē [email protected] http://hibernate.orgtinca wrote: Hello, After hours of struggling to get the gradle (groovy) way I must come back to the start line. What is your advice for a beginner (a long time Java programmer), who has little or none knowledge in maven, ivy, groovy, gradle - where to start? I understand many pieces from what I read and tried till now. It's just they don't come together. As soon as I need to step beyond what I see in the user guide I feel lost. For example, in my previous letter a task jar defines the following: from sourceSets.main.classes include [path/to/classes] I got an error which says: cannot find include() method. I already know what is sourceSet(s), what is main (I can redefine it for my purposes). "classes" makes the first headache. My guess that this refers to the set of classes produced by compile task (available under buildDir property as defined by project). "from" means a kind of referencing to this set and include is the selection/filtering from that set. If I do not want to guess what to do? I find SourceSet in the API, this has a method getClasses that supports my thinking (but how is it related main.classes property(?), I cant see formal correspondence). What is "from" and "include", how do I find their description/meaning? Looking at the Groovy Reference Card does not seem to help. Can you advice me where to start with my basic understanding after of what I can fully enjoy gradle's wonders? Your help much appreciated! -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/where-to-start-for-a-beginner-tp26741219p26741219.html Sent from the gradle-user mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, please visit: http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email
