What is plugin in Gradle?

A plugin is simply any class that implements the Plugin interface . Gradle provides the core plugins (e.g. JavaPlugin ) as part of its distribution which means they are automatically resolved. However, non-core binary plugins need to be resolved before they can be applied.

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What does Kotlin Gradle plugin do?

You can use the official Kotlin Gradle Plugin from JetBrains to compile your Kotlin code to target JVM, Android, and JS . Gradle has features you cannot get from other build tools: A highly-customizable dependency resolution engine, visual build inspection and debugging tools, and many work avoidance mechanisms.9 Mar 2022

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What are Google Maven dependencies?

Maven local repository keeps your project’s all dependencies (library jars, plugin jars etc.) . When you run a Maven build, then Maven automatically downloads all the dependency jars into the local repository. It helps to avoid references to dependencies stored on remote machine every time a project is build.

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