Maven & Gradle are the predominant build tools in the Java ecosystem. Maven is significantly more popular than Gradle based on recent developer surveys conducted by @jetbrains, @snyksec, @JRebel_Java, and Google Trends data.

@JavaCodeDaily @jetbrains @snyksec @JRebel_Java Im courious what this “flexible” means in Gradle. In most projects I had occasion to work on the configuration looked pretty the same. It’s a build tool not rocket science. I’m using Maven for years now and as long as it does the job I will stick to it :)

@JavaCodeDaily @jetbrains @snyksec @JRebel_Java I am on maven side :)

@JavaCodeDaily @jetbrains @snyksec @JRebel_Java Maven 🔥🔥

@JavaCodeDaily @brunoborges @jetbrains @snyksec @JRebel_Java Maven with @mvndaemon 🔥

@JavaCodeDaily @jetbrains @snyksec @JRebel_Java "Rigid configuration makes easier to understand" is the reason I prefer maven.

@JavaCodeDaily @jetbrains @snyksec @JRebel_Java maven is better

@JavaCodeDaily @jetbrains @snyksec @JRebel_Java I'm on Team @gradle 🐘

@JavaCodeDaily @brunoborges @jetbrains @snyksec @JRebel_Java Both are terrible.

@JavaCodeDaily @jetbrains @snyksec @JRebel_Java Team maven

@JavaCodeDaily @jetbrains @snyksec @JRebel_Java I'll go with Gradle till the end of the world.

@JavaCodeDaily @jetbrains @snyksec @JRebel_Java IMHO the biggest trade-offs... Maven: repeats steps unnecessarily. Requires bashing with clean-all when things break. Gradle: concise, but "write-only" build-logic. Builds are robust (content-based change detection) + rarely needs cleaning. On the whole, I'm a Gradle convert.