In this episode, we talk about Gradle Doctor with its author Nelson Osacky. Gradle doctor helps you fix performance problems and errors in your Gradle build. The tool works as a Gradle plugin - emitting prescriptions for all the problems found. Nelson tells us how he came up with the idea behind this tool, and what the future is for Gradle Doctor.
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Show Notes
- 0:20 Intro
- 1:06 Episode Start
- 1:49 Nelson’s Introduction
- 04:22 What is Gradle Doctor?
- 08:44 Remote build cache
- 16:19
JAVA_HOMEmadness - 21:36 The most common mistake in your build.gradle
- 24:34 Gradle Doctor and performance
- 31:17 Extensibility
- 33:12 The future of Gradle Doctor
- 39:56 Where to find Nelson online?
Resources
- runningcode/gradle-doctor on Github
- Gradle Doctor Documentation
- How fast does my internet need to be to use the Gradle Remote Build Cache? - Part 1 and Part 2
- The Secrets of the Build Scan Plugin and the internals of Gradle - Video from Android Makers
- @nellyspageli on Twitter
- Nelson’s Website