quartz/content/notes/18-build-tools.md

title	aliases	tags	sr-due	sr-interval	sr-ease
18-build-tools		cosc202 lecture	2022-07-10	37	252

• understnad the purpose of build tools
  • automate the construction of software
• sketch how make's rules (re)build software
  • has a set of taget and a set of sources
  • checks whether targets are older than sources
  • a MakeFile contains a list of commands that build the tager from the source
  • builds in the correct order (topologically) e.g., will run compiler before linker
• explain why ant better suits java projects
  • written to handle build tasks
  • better at scanning sub dirs
  • call javac on many files at once, instead of one at a time
• sketch how maven seeks to improve on ant
  • adds color
  • add more conventions
    • e.g., file structure
• appreciated that there are many build tools
  • rake - ruby's version of Make
• SCons - builds database about build state
• CMake - cross platorm building; uses existing tools/IDEs
• SBT scala
• languge built in tools
  • go - Go build
  • rust - Cargo

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