from https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/tutorial_java_projects.html
Directory structure as expected by Gradle
mkdir -p src/main/java mkdir -p src/main/resources mkdir -p src/test/java mkdir -p src/test/resources
gradle build - builds your project gradle clean - deletes the build directory gradle assemble - compiles and jars your code, but does not run the unit tests gradle check - compiles and tests your code gradle uploadArchives - publish the JAR file according to build.gradle file gradle eclipse - generate the Eclipse project file