Tony Robalik articles - 38 total
This is why we can't have nice things: When POM files lie
Photo by Marco Bicca on Unsplash. I really hope there's a light at the end of this sewer. Sorry, my...
Gradle extensions part 2: Now with shenanigans
Photo by Karsten Würth on Unsplash Welcome to the spiritual successor to Gradle plugins and...
One click dependencies fix
Photo by Maxim Hopman on Unsplash If you maintain a JVM1 or Android project, chances are you've...
ACAB: Fire the (code style) cop in your head
Photo by Karsten Winegeart on Unsplash Let's get something out of the way right at the start: I hate...
Announcing Dependency Analysis Gradle Plugin 2.0.0!
Cover photo by Sandie Clarke on Unsplash The Dependency Analysis Plugin v2.0.0 has just been...
Gradle's leaky abstractions: Declarative(ish) shell, imperative core: Implementing a safe(ish) global configuration DSL
Gradle is very aware they have a complexity problem. Fundamentally, the problem is that Gradle build...
Configuration roles and the blogging-industrial complex
On the perils of getting what you ask for Or, building cool stuff and making everyone think you're a...
Become a Gradle expert in 3 easy steps!
Step 1. Your build fails "for no reason" and your small team has no dedicated build support. Everyone...
Nihilism and the anti-corruption layer
Every now and then someone asks me if I intend a more technical follow-up to Herding Elephants, which...
Tony's rules for Gradle plugin authors
The Gradle API surface is huge. It is also littered with unspoken rules whose enforcement mechanism...
Defensive development: Gradle plugin development for busy engineers
This post is a direct follow-up to Gradle all the way down: Testing your Gradle plugin with Gradle...
Gradle all the way down: Testing your Gradle plugin with Gradle TestKit
Testing Gradle plugins can be challenging. It relies on a special-purpose framework, TestKit, that is...
Learning in public: Lessons from open source
A little more than two years ago, in October 2019, I began work on my first significant open source...
Herding elephants: Wrangling a 3,500-module Gradle project
Note: please do not attempt to herd any actual elephants Every day in Square's Seller organization,...
Gradle plugins and extensions: A primer for the bemused
modeling a complex domain in Gradle
Tools of the build trade: The making of a tiny Kotlin app
Using Gradle to build a fat, minified jar
A crash course in classpaths: Run!
Understanding classpaths on the JVM and ART
Abusing Gradle's class loader hierarchy for fun and profit
Monkey patching Gradle plugins through classpath manipulation
A crash course in classpaths: Build
Wherein we learn about classpaths and class loading in Gradle builds
Build, compile, run: A crash course in classpaths
Wherein we learn about the various classpaths important in building and running your Java/Kotlin/Android projects
Reducing my Gradle plugin's impact on configuration time: A journey
A story about diagnosing and fixing performance problems in a Gradle plugin
Dependency Analysis Gradle Plugin: What's an ABI?
Using the Dependency Analysis Gradle Plugin to determine your library's binary API
Benchmarking builds with Gradle-Profiler
Using the gradle-profiler tool to accurately determine the impact on a build from a build script change
Public vs private
Software and surviving the capitalist death cult
Dependency Analysis Gradle Plugin: Using bytecode analysis to find unused dependencies
Using bytecode analysis to find unused dependencies
Easy modularity: Keeping your Gradle build scripts clean and eliminating duplication in your multi-module projects
Using precompiled script plugins to simplify build logic
Dealing with a janky backend
What to do when you have a noncompliant server operated by a megacorp
Why do I code?
Software and surviving the capitalist death cult
Bare Metal Dagger: Wiring Subcomponents
two approaches for wiring subcomponents in Dagger
The proper care and feeding of your Gradle build
Maintain a healthy build with the Dependency Analysis Gradle Plugin. Optimize your dependency graph and remove redundant plugins.