Gradle Newsletter, January 2022 ======== Welcome to the January 2022 Gradle Build Tool newsletter. This edition covers new videos from the community, patch releases for Gradle Build Tool, and a postmortem on the recent plugin resolution outage. ## From the Community ### Videos - [Gradle Check Task Essentials][1] - explains the `check` lifecycle task - [How to Add a Gradle Dependency][2] - shows how to add a project dependency ## From Gradle Team ### Gradle plugin resolution outage postmortem We published the [postmortem][3] about the recent Gradle Plugin resolution outage, where we share how we are reducing the likelihood of future incidents like this by reducing Gradle Plugin Portal’s reliance on JCenter, and what are the options for build authors to isolate their infrastructure from such issues. ## Gradle Releases ### Gradle 6.9.2 and 7.3.3 The patch releases [7.3.3][4] and [6.9.2][5] have been released and include a number of fixes including [mitigations for the log4j vulnerability][6]. ## Careers If you share our passion for developer productivity and tooling, consider joining our globally distributed team and check out our job openings at [gradle.com/careers][7]. We are looking for new teammates including software engineers, solutions engineers, data scientist, application security engineer, developer advocate and developer productivity engineer. ## Upcoming Events * __Jan 27__ 10:00 am - 11:00 am (Pacific Time, US): [How DoorDash Does Developer Productivity Engineering][8] * __Feb 2__ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm (Pacific Time, US): [Gradle Enterprise User Training for Developers][9] * __Feb 16__ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm (CET Time): [Gradle Enterprise User Training for Developers][10] * __Mar 4__ 9:00 am - 11:30 am (Pacific Time, US): [Introduction to Developer Productivity Engineering][11] * __Mar 7__ 9:00 am - 11:30 am (Pacific Time, US): [Gradle Build Cache Deep Dive][12] * __Mar 8-9__ 8:30 am - 12:30 pm (Pacific Time, US): [Introduction to Gradle Build Tool][13] See the [Gradle Training webpage][14] 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][15]._ 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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT_x-kK9nxw [2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWPk0aD3fYk [3]: https://blog.gradle.org/plugins-jcenter [4]: https://docs.gradle.org/7.3.3/release-notes.html [5]: https://docs.gradle.org/6.9.2/release-notes.html [6]: https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/19300 [7]: https://gradle.com/careers/ [8]: https://gradle.com/how-doordash-does-developer-productivity-engineering/ [9]: https://gradle.com/training/gradle-enterprise-user-training-for-developers_1_feb/?time=1643673600 [10]: https://gradle.com/training/gradle-enterprise-user-training-for-developers_16_feb/?time=1644969600 [11]: https://gradle.com/training/introduction-to-developer-productivity-engineering-20220304/?time=1646352000 [12]: https://gradle.com/training/gradle-build-cache-deep-dive-20220307/?time=1646611200&utm_source=dpe-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=gbc03 [13]: https://gradle.com/training/introduction-to-gradle-build-tool-20220308/?time=1646697600&utm_source=dpe-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=intro2G03 [14]: https://gradle.com/training/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=january_2022 [15]: mailto:newsletter@gradle.com