The first post about using Gradle as a DevOps "glue" for your projects. The focus is on simple distribution and installation via Gradle wrapper, and task-based approach for automating project operations. A general approach allows defining tasks, their dependencies and ordering rules. Gradle, in this case, works as a framework and engine to keep such tasks definitions and their documentation in one place. https://linchpiner.github.io/gradle-for-devops-1.html