include::sample[dir="snippets/testKit/junitQuickstart/groovy",files="build.gradle[tags=declare-gradle-testkit-dependency]"]
====

The `gradleTestKit()` encompasses the classes of the TestKit, as well as the <<third_party_integration.adoc#embedding,Gradle Tooling API client>>. It does not include a version of https://junit.org[JUnit], https://testng.org[TestNG], or any other test execution framework. Such a dependency must be explicitly declared.

[[part:reference]]
== **REFERENCE**

include::command_line_interface.adoc[leveloffset=+2]
include::gradle_wrapper.adoc[leveloffset=+2]
include::plugin_reference.adoc[leveloffset=2]
include::third_party_integration.adoc[leveloffset=2]

== GRADLE DSLs and API

include::groovy_build_script_primer.adoc[leveloffset=+2]
include::kotlin_dsl.adoc[leveloffset=+2]

== **LICENSE INFORMATION**

NOTE: Currently, the _daemon JVM discovery_ does not support auto-provisioning of new JVM installations.
This will be added in a future release.

[[sec:tools_and_ides]]
== Tools & IDEs

The <<third_party_integration.adoc#embedding,Gradle Tooling API>> used by IDEs and other tools to integrate with Gradle _always_ uses the Gradle Daemon to execute builds.
If you execute Gradle builds from within your IDE, you already use the Gradle Daemon.

                <li><a href="../userguide/plugin_reference.html">Core Plugins</a></li>
                <li id="third-party-integration"><a href="../userguide/third_party_integration.html">Gradle &amp; Third-party Tools</a></li>
                <li><a href="../userguide/userguide_single.html">User Manual Single Page</a></li>
                <li><a href="../userguide/userguide.pdf">User Manual PDF</a></li>