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Topics include the Gradle wrapper, multi-module project structure, the build.gradle file, dependency scopes (implementation, api, testImplementation), plugins (java vs java-library), repositories, common CLI commands (build, clean, test), and how to initialize a new Gradle project from scratch using `gradle init`. The tutorial uses a real-world multi-module Spring Boot project as a hands-on example and demonstrates everything inside IntelliJ IDEA. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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