I :heart: YAML. And I really see the need for some...

# amper

[Draget]

I ❤️ YAML. And I really see the need for something that is not Gradle. In the last 15 years of development experience I went from Ant to Maven to Gradle and now going back to Maven (Maven has a polyglot Plugin as well). Gradle promised so much and became fat, slow, confusing and you got 5 ways of solving everything with tutorials online showing you 6 wrong ones. And breaking with Java compatibility (like the time it took to be java 21 compatible)... gah.

REALLY looking forward to Ampere, did not yet have a chance to seriously give it a try.

[amakeev]

Thanks for sharing, Draget! We would love to hear your feedback based on the hands-on experience. Is there something in particular that prevents you from trying Amper?

[Giorgi]

isn't Amper built on top of Gradle? I could also complain about Gradle but every Kotlin project uses it, I can't imagine Kotlin without Gradle ;D

[Draget]

I know that some stuggles I have with Gradle will not be gone with Amper.

What is preventing me from trying? That our company was bought and I am in crunch-time the last few weeks, doing 10h+ shifts! xD

[amakeev]

@Draget Oh, I see, wish you luck!

[amakeev]

@Giorgi Amper started as a Gradle plugin, since it allowed us to validate the general idea and UX quicker. It’s not tightly bound, though.