# Amper: a new way to configure Gradle projects? - Gustavo Fão Valvassori

DevFeed: [Amper: a new way to configure Gradle projects? - Gustavo Fão Valvassori](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/amper-a-new-way-to-configure-gradle-projects-gustavo-fao-valvassori-38157.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://touchlab.co/amper-a-new-way-to-configure-gradle-projects>)

Published: 2023-12-07T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Touchlab | Enterprise Mobile Innovation & Development](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/touchlab-enterprise-mobile-innovation-development.md>)

Topics: [multiplatform](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/multiplatform.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/configuration.md>), [Gradle](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gradle.md>), [jetbrains](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/jetbrains.md>), [YAML](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/yaml.md>), [IntelliJ IDEA](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/intellij-idea.md>)

Tags: [build-system](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/build-system.md>), [build-tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/build-tools.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/configuration.md>), [declarative](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/declarative.md>), [gradle](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gradle.md>), [jetbrains](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/jetbrains.md>), [kmp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kmp.md>), [kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kotlin.md>), [kotlin-multiplatform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kotlin-multiplatform.md>)

## AI overview

This article introduces Amper, an experimental JetBrains tool for configuring Kotlin Multiplatform projects through a declarative markup approach instead of Groovy or Kotlin build scripts. It remains within a Gradle environment while using an additional YAML file, and its syntax and capabilities may change.

## Source excerpt

If you ask any KMP developer what's the biggest pain point on it, they will probably say "configuration". Amper is a new tool developed by JetBrains to help developers configure projects without all the complexity of Gradle.