# November 15th Bay Area Gradle Users Meetup

DevFeed: [November 15th Bay Area Gradle Users Meetup](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/november-15th-bay-area-gradle-users-meetup-24673.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.gradle.org/november-15th-bay-area-gradle-users-meetup>)

Author: Peter Ledbrook

Published: 2016-11-02T11:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [The Gradle Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-gradle-blog.md>)

Topics: [Gradle](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gradle.md>), [Library](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/library.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>)

Tags: [build](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/build.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [gradle](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gradle.md>), [linkedin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linkedin.md>), [meetup](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/meetup.md>), [metrics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/metrics.md>), [new-feature](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/new-feature.md>), [projects](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/projects.md>), [talks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/talks.md>)

## AI overview

The article announces a November 15, 2016 Bay Area Gradle Users meetup in Sunnyvale, California. The event features talks on Gradle composite builds and customizing build scan data, including custom tags, links, and values.

## Source excerpt

Everyone has an opportunity to engage with the Gradle team online through a variety of channels, but nothing beats meeting people face to face. If you are around the Silicon Valley area on November 15th, you can meet three of the team at the Bay Area Gradle Users meetup along with an expert user and build master from LinkedIn. We have two great talks lined up, the first of which introduces you to an exciting new feature within Gradle--composite builds--while the second shows you how to get more out of your build scans with custom data. Details: Who? Hans Dockter, Szczepan Faber (LinkedIn), Luke Daley, Etienne Studer When? 6:00pm PT on November 15, 2016 Where? LinkedIn, 605 W. Maude, Sunnyvale, CA RSVP: If you plan to attend, please register beforehand via Eventbrite We hope to see you there! Hans Dockter and Szczepan Faber on Composite Builds Many of you will be familiar with Gradle's multi-project build support which allows you set up dependencies between projects, e.g. where the output of one project--say, a JAR file--is required by another. But this only works if the projects are part of the same multi-project build. In this talk, Hans and Szczepan will explain how Gradle's new support for composite builds extends this behavior to projects that are otherwise independent of one another. Want to test a local fix to a library one of your projects depends on? Now you can--without having to publish a new version of that library. Composite builds also enable structuring your projects in new ways, since you no longer need to keep all projects in one repository or directory hierarchy. Hans won't just talk about the topic, he'll also show you how the feature works in practice. You'll come away with a firm understanding of the value of composite builds and how you might put them to use in your own projects. Luke Daley and Etienne Studer on Customizing Build Scan Data Build scans already provide deep insights into your build by reporting key metrics and data. These are incredibl