Writing my first plugin. Questions:
What is the relevance of the properties file name? What does it map to exactly?
src/main/resources/META-INF/gradle-plugins/funkychicken.properties
Same question regarding the contents:
implementation-class=com.build.WierdoPlugin
As far as I understand it, ‘funckychicken’[.properties] is the name of your plugin, that’s used in the build script apply statement, apply plugin: ‘funkychicken’
com.build.WierdoPlugin is the class implementing the Plugin interface
The user guide isn’t very good for people who don’t already know Groovy.
Ironically, Gradle is often the reason people learn Groovy.
I don’t necessarily want to market my book “Gradle in Action” here but it contains an introduction chapter on Groovy as well.
I already have it on Kindle. Haven’t opened it in a while though. Will have a look.
This caveat caught me at first as well. I agree it’s in the User Guide, which I read, but it took many, many forum and blog reads before I finally connected all the dots.