CFP - November Edition, Gradle Build Tool Newsletter

[oleg-nenashev]

We are assembling the next newsletter edition. As always, we want to include major updates from the community, including recent updates in Gradle Build Tool and plugins, new blogs and articles, and upcoming events. Any other big Gradle-related updates are welcome, too! See the newsletter archive for examples

If you want to suggest something, comment on this issue!

References:

• Gradle Build Tool Newsletter archive
• Contributing to the newsletter

P.S.: Bonus points for announcing the updates in #community-newson Slack and on Gradle Forums!

[oleg-nenashev]

FTR, upcoming bigger items:

• Gradle 8.11 release and the patch releases. We should have a release video, too
  • https://docs.gradle.org/8.11/release-notes.html
  • https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20milestone%3A8.11.1
• Declarative Gradle EAP2 release. Depends on Rework docs content for EAP2 declarative-gradle#141
• Hacktoberfest Summary
• Maybe - some Gradle developer survey results/highlights

[cdsap]

Gradle 8.11: Faster Configuration Cache and Improved Configuration Time
https://dev.to/cdsap/gradle-811-faster-configuration-cache-and-improved-configuration-time-ja1

[jjohannes]

⭐️ new release ⭐️

𝗼𝗿𝗴.𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗲𝘅.𝗷𝗮𝘃𝗮-𝗺𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲-𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 version 1.0 Gradle plugin

Another GradleX plugin for Java Module (JPMS) development.

Features:
🔧 Define targets (Operating Systems, Architectures) to build you application for
📦 Build ready-to-ship installable packages (exe, dmg, deb, ...) directly with Gradle (uses jpackage under the hood)

🧩 Plugin
https://github.com/gradlex-org/java-module-packaging

[oleg-nenashev]

It's live! https://newsletter.gradle.org/2024/11
Please submit new proposals in #124