First, I would like to thank the Gradle team for creating such a robust build automation tool. This book would not exist without this open source tool.

I would also like to thank the editors at Packt Publishing, who inspired and helped me to write this book. The Packt Publishing team, especially Parita and Namrata, provided insightful feedback to help me.

Before this book reached you, it was reviewed by many people at different stages. Without their comments, feedback, and criticism, this book would not have been possible. I acknowledge the people involved here: Alexander Barnes, Scott Battaglia, Michael Putters, Andreas Schmid.

Special thanks goes to my friend Abhinandan for his contribution to this book and for compromising his weekends for me. He reviewed all the chapters in this book and guided me in writing most of the topics. Without his expertise and support, this book would not have been possible.