The Road to Gradle 9 - Key Features and Improvements

Explore the future of Gradle in this comprehensive conference talk that delves into the upcoming features and improvements in Gradle 9. Learn about the two main focus areas: scalability for faster builds in massive projects and comprehensibility for easier adoption across teams of all sizes and skill levels. Discover how the Gradle team is investing in configuration caching, introducing isolated projects, implementing higher-level modeling of software projects, and separating concerns for build users and authors. Gain insights into the changes that will impact both users and the plugin ecosystem, including updated APIs and stronger constraints for improved reliability. Examine released features available in the Gradle 8.x line and get a sneak peek at what's coming in Gradle 9.0 and beyond. Whether you're a build user or plugin author, this talk provides valuable information on how to leverage the most out of Gradle 9 and prepare for future developments.

The road to Gradle 9 by Alex Semin, Louis Jacomet