Amazon was founded in 1994, went public in 1997, and reached a market cap of $1.5 trillion in 2020. As a result of Amazon’s successes and a long tail of rapidly modernizing ecommerce businesses, consumers and businesses alike have transformed their expectations around transportation and logistics. Consumers, for example, expect up-to-the-minute updates on package delivery, and businesses require, among other features, realtime asset and vehicle monitoring.
Gradle is one of several Java development tools featured in Stackify’s Comprehensive Java Developer’s Guide, but it’s not the only build automation tool to consider. Maven is an older and commonly used alternative, but which build system is best for your project? With other tools, such as Spring, allowing developers to choose between the two systems, coupled with an increasing number of integrations for both, the decision is largely up to you.