Java Recipe for Carefree dependency Administration

That's my take on making dependencies manageable without unnecessary complexity with the tool set we have at our disposal as Java developers.

📰 Article in Java aktuell (de): https://meine.doag.org/zeitschriften/id.230.java-aktuell-1-26
🎙️ Talk upcoming at JavaLand (de): https://meine.doag.org/events/javaland/2026/agenda/#agendaId.6927
🎞️ Video on each item https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUeJeiNRFFA&list=PLWQK2ZdV4Yl2bV3dTE7qxJUhjV8a1uriD
📚 Website now with short description of each item and examples: https://javarca.de

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Updated all my "How to do things in Gradle" repositories:

🧶 https://github.com/jjohannes/idiomatic-gradle
🗂️ https://github.com/jjohannes/gradle-project-setup-howto
🔌 https://github.com/jjohannes/gradle-plugins-howto
🧩 https://github.com/jjohannes/javarcade

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Happy to have the opportunity to talk about the 'Recipe for Carefree Dependency Administration' in Java projects - https://javarca.de - at JavaLand next year (March 10./11. 2026).

The full conference agenda is now online. Many interesting topics.

https://meine.doag.org/events/javaland/2026/agenda/#agendaId.6927

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Update 3rd-party open-source modules to their latest release regularly to stay out of trouble. Establish a too-supported process for that in you team.

☕️ JAVA
📜 Recipe for
🌻 Carefree dependency
📚 Administration

6️⃣ Update Dependencies
▶️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg8TpiYZvvU&list=PLWQK2ZdV4Yl2bV3dTE7qxJUhjV8a1uriD

👉 https://javarca.de

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Don't let your well-structured module and dependency setup decay. Put sufficient checks in place to keep dependency definitions consistent with code changes.

☕️ JAVA
📜 Recipe for
🌻 Carefree dependency
📚 Administration

5️⃣ Dependency Analysis
▶️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9Vf39vme_w&list=PLWQK2ZdV4Yl2bV3dTE7qxJUhjV8a1uriD

👉 https://javarca.de

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I have seen many build setups in the past years. Uninformed dependency conflict management is in the top three of "things messing up a Java build configuration".

Conflict handling is part of the game if you want to profit from reusing open-source libraries/frameworks.

Do better. The investment will be worth it.

☕️ JAVA
📜 Recipe for
🌻 Carefree dependency
📚 Administration

4️⃣ Dealing with Conflicts
▶️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tJxmci4VCg&list=PLWQK2ZdV4Yl2bV3dTE7qxJUhjV8a1uriD

👉 https://javarca.de

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You use Gradle or Maven for 2 things:
1) manage 3rd party dependencies
2) building your software

🚨 Don't mix! 🚨

☕️ JAVA
📜 Recipe for
🌻 Carefree dependency
📚 Administration

3️⃣ Don't mix with build configuration
▶️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWgFD0bO6-8&list=PLWQK2ZdV4Yl2bV3dTE7qxJUhjV8a1uriD

👉 https://javarca.de

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☕️ JAVA
📜 Recipe for
🌻 Carefree dependency
📚 Administration

2️⃣ Version Management in a dedicated file
▶️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mpw4edHFrg&list=PLWQK2ZdV4Yl2bV3dTE7qxJUhjV8a1uriD

👉 https://javarca.de

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☕️ JAVA
📜 Recipe for
🌻 Carefree dependency
📚 Administration

1️⃣ Define Dependencies between Modules in dedicated files
▶️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEA-QfhdSPo&list=PLWQK2ZdV4Yl2bV3dTE7qxJUhjV8a1uriD

👉 https://javarca.de

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