In Gradle, most of the tasks we use are default tasks provided by plugins in Gradle. The [`scala` Plugin](https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/scala_plugin.html) for example includes tasks, that are needed to build Scala projects. Moreover, Gradle is aware of *Applications*. The [`application` Plugin](https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/application_plugin.html) provides tasks that are required to distribute a self-contained application. When `application` and `scala` are used in conjunction, they hook into each other and provide the tasks needed to distribute a Scala application. `distTar` for example compiles the Scala code, creates a jar containing the compiled classes and resources and creates a Tarball including that jar and all of its dependencies (defined in the dependencies section of `build.gradle`). It also creates a start-script which correctly sets the classpath for all those dependencies and starts the app.
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