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0 pointsdlandis10y ago0 comments

It is similar, but you need to have npm installed first don't you? With gradle you typically interact with it through a shell script (aka gradle wrapper) and that downloads the correct version of gradle if it isn't already present in the project directory and then gradle downloads the dependencies. The person who sets up the project would generate the wrapper script using gradle.

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aikah10y ago· 2 in thread

> It is similar, but you need to have npm installed first don't you?

Same thing for gradle, you need to install it at first place. There is absolutely no difference except the language that is being used. And yes you can use shell scripts with npm too, except your shell scripts aren't going to run on windows.

dikaiosune10y ago

Does npm have this?

https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/gradle_wrapper.htm...

I think that's what GP was referring to -- it's not a shell script for automating use of the tool, it's a shell script for automating acquisition and initialization of the tool.

aikah10y ago

When you fetch a package with npm, the package will either be : a library(installed locally) or a command line tool (installed globally). You can also run any number of tasks per project (npm run <task>), described in the npm manifest, or execute tasks before or after installing, and before publishing a library.

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