Nova Spring Boot Gradle Plugin

A convention plugin. Applying it configures the Java toolchain, applies the Spring Boot Gradle plugin and sets the build conventions every Nova service shares — so build files stop being copies of each other.

What it applies

• The Java toolchain, pinned to the platform's target version
• org.springframework.boot 4.0.5 and the dependency-management plugin
• Nova's compiler, test and packaging conventions

Everything it does lives in NovaSpringBootPlugin.

Install

Published to GitHub Packages. Declare the plugin repository in settings.gradle.kts:

pluginManagement {
    repositories {
        gradlePluginPortal()
        maven {
            url = uri("https://maven.pkg.github.com/ahincho/nova-java-spring-boot-gradle-plugin")
            credentials {
                username = providers.gradleProperty("gpr.user").orNull ?: System.getenv("GITHUB_ACTOR")
                password = providers.gradleProperty("gpr.key").orNull ?: System.getenv("GITHUB_TOKEN")
            }
        }
    }
}

Use

plugins {
    id("pe.edu.nova.java.spring-boot") version "0.1.0-SNAPSHOT"
}

There is no configuration block. The point of a convention plugin is that there is nothing to decide — if a service needs to differ, it overrides the specific task in its own build file.

The Maven equivalent

nova-java-spring-boot-parent carries the same conventions as a parent POM.

Requirements

Java 25, Gradle 8+.

License

Eclipse Public License 2.0 — see LICENSE.

Copyright © 2026 Angel Hincho.