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Module 17: Professional Development Practices

Lesson focus

Build Tools: Maven & Gradle

Manage dependencies, plugins, and multi-module projects.

Understand Maven coordinates (groupId, artifactId, version) and dependency scopes (compile, test, provided).

Gradle’s DSL configures plugins, tasks, and dependency locking; use the wrapper for reproducible builds.

Automate static analysis (SpotBugs, Checkstyle) via build plugins integrated with CI.

Lesson quiz

Why use the Gradle wrapper?

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