Gradle Build

• The initialization phase in the Gradle Build lifecycle finds the root project and subprojects included in your project root directory using the settings file.
• Then, for each project included in the settings file, Gradle creates a Project instance.
• Gradle then looks for a corresponding build script file, which is used in the configuration phase.

Build Script

• Every Gradle build comprises one or more projects; a root project and subprojects.
• A project typically corresponds to a software component that needs to be built, like a library or an application.
• It might represent a library JAR, a web application, or a distribution ZIP assembled from the JARs produced by other projects.
• On the other hand, it might represent a thing to be done, such as deploying your application to staging or production environments.
• Gradle scripts are written in either Groovy DSL or Kotlin DSL (domain-specific language).
• A build script configures a project and is associated with an object of type Project.
• As the build script executes, it configures Project.

참고자료

• https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/writing_build_scripts.html