Gradle vs Maven: which one have you worked with?

Gradle and Maven are popular build systems for Java projects, but they have different approaches.

Maven uses a declarative configuration style through an XML file pom.xml. It is well-suited for standard projects with a fixed structure and has a large number of plugins and repositories.

Gradle is more flexible and uses scripts in Groovy or Kotlin DSL, allowing you to write build logic programmatically. It is faster due to incremental builds and caching.

Both tools are commonly used in practice, but Gradle is currently more popular in Android development and where flexibility and build performance are needed.