The very first sentence of Build Lifecycle starts with:

We said earlier that the core of Gradle is a language for dependency based programming. In Gradle terms this means that you can define tasks and dependencies between tasks.

This is quite strange to read. If I land directly on this page from a link or Google, then I don't know what was said earlier.

Suggestions:

• Directly link to the part in the docs that explains what 'dependency based programming' is

  [We said earlier](https://docs.gradle.org/current/link-to-relevant-docs-page.html] that...

• Rephrase to read more naturally

  Gradle is a language for dependency based programming. In Gradle terms this means that you can define tasks and dependencies between tasks.