We just released bld 1.9.0, the pure Java build tool for developers who don't like dealing with build tools:

• Improvements and clarifications to bld create commands
• Improvements to Visual Studio Code templates
• Updated dependency versions in project templates

The following extensions have also been updated:

• bld Checkstyle extension
• bld Command Line Execution extension
• bld Detekt extension
• bld Generated Version extension
• bld JaCoCo Report extension
• bld Kotlin extension
• bld PIT Mutation Testing extension
• bld PMD extension
• bld Property File extension
• bld Spring Boot extension
• bld TestNG extension

Getting started has never been easier, either manually or using SDKMAN!, Homebrew or JBang :

• bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://rife2.com/bld/create.sh)"
• sdk install bld
• brew install rife2/tools/bld
• jbang com.uwyn.rife2:bld:1.9.0

If using your build tool feels like pulling hair out, you should definitely give bld a try and reach a new zen.