Paving the on-ramp to Java
When i read the title, I thought they were finally going to fix gradle or improve maven.  Those are the real on-ramps and they are a much bigger barrier to entry than main().<p>A cleaner&#x2F;simpler alternative was Kobalt, but it’s now abandoned.  A simple, official build tool would make the ecosystem easier to learn.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;cbeust&#x2F;kobalt" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;cbeust&#x2F;kobalt</a>