### Presentations - [Modernizing the Groovy build][24] at Madrid-GUG (slides and video are available online) - [Keeping growing software projects under control with Gradle][25] (at upcoming Joker online conference) ## Gradle Releases ### Gradle 6.7 Gradle 6.7 has been released and is packed with new features and enhancements. As of this release, the file system watching feature that makes incremental builds faster is ready for production use. This release also brings Java toolchain support that makes it much easier to build JVM projects using a different version of Java than the one Gradle is running on. Running on and building with Java 15 is also supported. See release notes for details and information about other improvements in this release. ### Gradle Enterprise 2020.4 Gradle Enterprise 2020.4 has been released and ships with a number of highly anticipated features. Correlation and detection analysis of similar build failures makes it easy to identify whether a build failure is isolated or widespread. The improved fault tolerance for distributed testing decreases the disruptions caused by unreliable network environments. More build history can be retained than before thanks to more efficient build data storage. Configuring and administering a Gradle Enterprise installation is also now much more convenient. See [release notes][26] for details. ## Other Releases ### Android Studio 4.1 Android Studio 4.1 has been released. It brings a number of improvements including a faster feedback loop with “apply changes”. This is the first release that is compatible with Gradle’s experimental [configuration cache](). However, we recommend that early adopters of configuration cache use the latest 4.2 [canary version][27] to get all the latest bug fixes. See the [blog post][28] for details about this release. ## Upcoming Events * __Nov 10__ 9:00 am PT (2.5 hours): [Hands-On Workshop: Introduction to Developer Productivity Engineering][29] * __Nov 17-18__ 8:30 am PT (4 hours each day): [Training: Introduction to Gradle][30] * __Nov 19__ 9:00 am PT (3.5 hours): [Training: Maven Build Cache Deep Dive][31] * __Dec 17__ 9:00 am PT (3.5 hours): [Training: Gradle Build Cache Deep Dive][32] See the [Gradle Training webpage][33] for an up-to-date list of all upcoming educational and training events. ---- _If you have some news you’d like us to share in the next issue, use `#gradle` on Twitter or send us an email with the details to [newsletter@gradle.com][34]._ Until next time! —The Gradle Team -- Gradle Inc. 325 9th Street San Francisco, CA 94103 https://gradle.org (Unsubscribe from future Gradle emails) [1]: https://vlfig.me/posts/microservices [2]: https://goobar.io/2020/10/13/surfacing-gradle-build-scans-within-github-actions/ [3]: https://scans.gradle.com/ [4]: https://snyk.io/blog/gradle-plugin-by-snyk-gradle-dependencies-scanning/ [5]: https://medium.com/building-ibotta/ibottas-solution-for-aop-weaving-on-android-944a432294c5 [6]: https://medium.com/@volsahin/android-devs-lets-generate-our-own-strings-json-with-a-gradle-plugin-ecab36beb4a [7]: https://medium.com/better-programming/how-i-automated-database-schema-migrations-in-a-multi-tenant-database-model-using-liquibase-f75f9683ee06 [8]: http://datalackey.com/2020/09/22/unit-integration-testing-kafka-and-spark/ [9]: https://www.hivemq.com/blog/extension-gradle-support/ [10]: https://seansoper.com/blog/creating_command_line_app_kotlin.html [11]: https://leonardobsjr.medium.com/the-power-of-frustration-bbbee23cb282 [12]: https://dev.to/thedancercodes/embracing-developer-productivity-engineering-in-android-video-series-1hii [13]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbJufIps_pw [14]: https://github.com/johnrengelman/shadow/releases/tag/6.1.0 [15]: https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/configuration_cache.html [16]: https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/task_configuration_avoidance.html [17]: https://blogs.oracle.com/developers/announcing-micronaut-21 [18]: https://github.com/tbroyer/gradle-errorprone-plugin/releases/tag/v1.3.0 [19]: https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/toolchains.html [20]: https://github.com/melix/jmh-gradle-plugin/releases/tag/RELEASE_0_5_2 [21]: https://github.com/etiennestuder/gradle-jooq-plugin/releases/tag/v5.0 [22]: https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/kotlin_dsl.html [23]: https://twitter.com/hashtag/gradletips [24]: https://t.co/4m8sromkfq?amp=1 [25]: https://jokerconf.com/en/2020/talks/4knxxtjfpo0jbjndlcxkb9/ [26]: https://gradle.com/enterprise/releases/2020.4/ [27]: https://developer.android.com/studio/preview [28]: https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2020/10/android-studio-41.html [29]: https://gradle.com/training/developer-productivity-workshop/?time=1604966400 [30]: https://gradle.com/training/introduction-to-gradle/?time=1605571200 [31]: https://gradle.com/training/maven-build-cache-deep-dive/?time=1605744000 [32]: https://gradle.com/training/build-cache-deep-dive/?time=1608163200 [33]: https://gradle.com/training/ [34]: mailto:newsletter@gradle.comYou can use the `because` clause to document why a specific dependency is needed in your project. 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