Maven vs Gradle
Java's two build tools compared: what a build tool does, Maven's pom.xml and lifecycle, Gradle's Kotlin and Groovy build scripts and task graph, dependency management and scopes, wrappers, multi-module projects, speed and caching, and how to choose.
CodexBash, , 5 min read
Every real Java project needs a build tool: something that downloads the libraries the code depends on, compiles it, runs the tests, and packages the result into a JAR, the same way on every developer's machine and in CI. Two tools dominate: Maven, the long-standing standard built on convention and XML, and Gradle, the flexible, faster newcomer with build scripts written in code. Spring Initializr offers both, and most developers will work with each at some point. This article compares them side by side.
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