Date: 2021-10-06
Accepted
We need to stick to a single build tool to avoid friction that is stemming from forcing engineers to (re)learn a new build tool on each new project.
Furthermore, a build tool has be flexible, customizable and fast.
We will use Gradle as build tool.
Gradle performs better compared to Maven, thus we may spend less time waiting for the build.
Furthermore it is easily customizable as build script is code and as it was modeled with extensibility in mind; its approach to dependency management is superior; separation of unit and integration tests can be accomplished out of the box.
In order for using the Gradle DSL effectively, at least a basic understanding of Groovy is required (switching to a Kotlin based DSL would be possible if this may reduce overhead).
We might loose out on certain Maven-based functionality/integrations.