Streamline Gradle build scripts: using the Spring Dependency Management Plugin to manage dependencies and versions

Closes gh-59

Author: rainboyan

build.gradle

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ dependencies {
 	api "org.graceframework:grace-datastore-core:$gormVersion"
 	api "org.graceframework:grace-datastore-gorm:$gormVersion"
 	api "org.graceframework:grace-scaffolding-core:$scaffoldingVersion"
-	api "org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.13.0"
+	api "org.apache.commons:commons-lang3"
 	compileOnly "org.graceframework:grace-boot"
 	compileOnly "jakarta.servlet:jakarta.servlet-api"
 
@@ -61,21 +61,21 @@ dependencies {
     documentation "org.fusesource.jansi:jansi:$jansiVersion"
 	documentation "com.github.javaparser:javaparser-core:$javaParserCoreVersion"
 
-	testImplementation "org.apache.groovy:groovy-dateutil:$groovyVersion"
+	testImplementation "org.apache.groovy:groovy-dateutil"
 	testImplementation "org.graceframework:grace-test-support"
 	testImplementation "org.graceframework.plugins:scaffolding:$scaffoldingVersion"
-    testImplementation "org.spockframework:spock-core:$spockVersion", {
+    testImplementation "org.spockframework:spock-core", {
         exclude group: "org.junit.platform", module: "junit-platform-engine"
     }
-    testImplementation "net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy:$bytebuddyVersion"
+    testImplementation "net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy"
     testImplementation "org.objenesis:objenesis:$objenesisVersion"
     testImplementation "org.apache.groovy:groovy-test-junit5:${groovyVersion}", {
         exclude group: "org.junit.platform", module: "junit-platform-launcher"
         exclude group: "org.junit.jupiter", module: "junit-jupiter-engine"
     }
-    testImplementation "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:$junitJupiterVersion"
-    testImplementation "org.junit.platform:junit-platform-runner:$junitPlatformVersion"
-    testRuntimeOnly "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:$junitJupiterVersion"
+    testImplementation "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api"
+    testImplementation "org.junit.platform:junit-platform-runner"
+    testRuntimeOnly "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine"
     testImplementation("org.jodd:jodd-wot:$joddWotVersion") {
         exclude module: 'slf4j-api'
         exclude module: 'asm'

gradle.properties

@@ -2,17 +2,11 @@ projectVersion=6.3.0-SNAPSHOT
 graceVersion=2023.3.0-M2
 gormVersion=2023.3.0-M1
 groovyVersion=4.0.26
-bytebuddyVersion=1.14.19
-cglibNodepVersion=3.2.9
 jansiVersion=1.18
 javaParserCoreVersion=3.26.2
 joddWotVersion=3.3.8
-junitJupiterVersion=5.10.5
-junitPlatformVersion=1.10.5
 objenesisVersion=3.4
 scaffoldingVersion=6.3.0-M1
-servletApiVersion=6.0.0
-spockVersion=2.3-groovy-4.0
 asciidoc=true
 githubSlug=graceframework/grace-fields
 githubBranch=master