> **NOTE:** Do **NOT** run `gradle build` on the local development environment,
> even if you have Gradle or Develocity build caching enabled for the project.
> The Gradle Build Tool repository is massive, and it will take ages to build on
> a local machine without necessary parallelization and caching.
> The full test suites are executed on the CI instance for multiple configurations,

- **core-configuration**: Allows the build structure and work, such as tasks, to be specified. This includes the project model, the DSL and so on.
- **core-execution**: Runs the work efficiently. This includes scheduling, execution, caching and so on.

### Software development platform

This is a general purpose platform that builds on the core automation platform to add support for the automation of software development.