Updated all my "How to do things in Gradle" repositories:
๐งถ https://github.com/jjohannes/idiomatic-gradle
๐๏ธ https://github.com/jjohannes/gradle-project-setup-howto
๐ https://github.com/jjohannes/gradle-plugins-howto
๐งฉ https://github.com/jjohannes/javarcade
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
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.
โ๏ธ JAVA
๐ Recipe for
๐ป Carefree dependency
๐ Administration
6๏ธโฃ Update Dependencies
โถ๏ธ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg8TpiYZvvU&list=PLWQK2ZdV4Yl2bV3dTE7qxJUhjV8a1uriD
๐ https://javarca.de
Don't let your well-structured module and dependency setup decay. Put sufficient checks in place to keep dependency definitions consistent with code changes.
โ๏ธ JAVA
๐ Recipe for
๐ป Carefree dependency
๐ Administration
5๏ธโฃ Dependency Analysis
โถ๏ธ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9Vf39vme_w&list=PLWQK2ZdV4Yl2bV3dTE7qxJUhjV8a1uriD
๐ https://javarca.de
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.
โ๏ธ JAVA
๐ Recipe for
๐ป Carefree dependency
๐ Administration
4๏ธโฃ Dealing with Conflicts
โถ๏ธ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tJxmci4VCg&list=PLWQK2ZdV4Yl2bV3dTE7qxJUhjV8a1uriD
๐ https://javarca.de
You use Gradle or Maven for 2 things:
1) manage 3rd party dependencies
2) building your software
๐จ Don't mix! ๐จ
โ๏ธ JAVA
๐ Recipe for
๐ป Carefree dependency
๐ Administration
3๏ธโฃ Don't mix with build configuration
โถ๏ธ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWgFD0bO6-8&list=PLWQK2ZdV4Yl2bV3dTE7qxJUhjV8a1uriD
๐ https://javarca.de
โ๏ธ JAVA
๐ Recipe for
๐ป Carefree dependency
๐ Administration
2๏ธโฃ Version Management in a dedicated file
โถ๏ธ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mpw4edHFrg&list=PLWQK2ZdV4Yl2bV3dTE7qxJUhjV8a1uriD
๐ https://javarca.de
โ๏ธ JAVA
๐ Recipe for
๐ป Carefree dependency
๐ Administration
1๏ธโฃ Define Dependencies between Modules in dedicated files
โถ๏ธ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEA-QfhdSPo&list=PLWQK2ZdV4Yl2bV3dTE7qxJUhjV8a1uriD
๐ https://javarca.de
This is not a new tool or idea, but a set of good practices explained in a tool-independent way. I want to make the topic more approachable to Java newcomers, since most info on this is currently quite confusing.
For the talk, I built a special presentation app that lets me switch tools and highlight the important bits.
Iโd love to share this at more events in Europe โ suggestions welcome! An online video series is planned for later this year.
How to do better Dependency Management in modern Java?
โ๏ธ JAVA
๐ Recipe for
๐ป Carefree dependency
๐ Administration
๐ https://javarca.de
๐ฃ I'll talk about it:
July 10th - Stuttgart @jugstuttgart
https://www.java-forum-stuttgart.de/vortraege/unbeschwertes-dependency-management-fuer-java-projekte
Sep 16th - Hannover @JavaForumNord
https://javaforumnord.de/2025/programm/#:~:text=Jendrik%20Johannes
๐พ If you clone, build, run the example (see: Explore > Readme) you get to play a little game. The high score is 3680, held by my son (and game tester)
Jendrik Johannes