<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">Yes, they are both in-language DSLs. Gradle seems like a next-generation ant since it's very configurable. SBT seems like a next-generation maven since projects retain the maven directory layout and have standard lifecycle steps like compile and test.<div>
<br></div><div>I prefer Scala because of its type system and the fact that you can write a library in Scala that can be used by Java code. The fact that Groovy's syntax is closer to Java's is not appealing to me. The combination of Scala + SBT is very appealing.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Ceki, I saw you started experimenting with Scala by porting a few JUnit tests. I took a crack at porting SizeBasedRolling test and submitted a pull request in github. Please let me know what you think. I'd be happy to help with future Scala/SBT experiments.</div>
</span><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Ceki Gülcü <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ceki@qos.ch">ceki@qos.ch</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On 20/02/2011 5:00 PM, Ralph Goers wrote:<br>
<br>
> Gradle is a build tool, not a language. Joern was asking about it<br>
> replacing Maven. I attended a presentation on Gradle at SpringOne and<br>
> concluded it wouldn't meet the needs of my organization - it is<br>
> somewhere between Ant and Maven. It isn't clear to me why one would<br>
> want to switch from Maven to Gradle when the build is already working.<br>
<br></div>
AFAIK, Gradle is an in-language DSL. SBT is also an in-language DSL<br>
but in Scala. When you choose betweenr Gradle or SBT, you are also<br>
making a choice between Groovy and Scala to some extent.<br>
<br>
So, yes, it may seem that my answer to Joern was off topic but the<br>
language question bears some relevance to the topic at hand.<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Ralph<br>
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--<br>
Ceki<br>
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