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I recently wrote an sbt plugin. And I found that sbt became much easier after learning the core concepts. The book 'Sbt in Action' explains it very well and al
by joostdevries 10y ago
I recently wrote an sbt plugin. And I found that sbt became much easier after learning the core concepts.
The book 'Sbt in Action' explains it very well and also contains a great comparison of build tools; what they historically brought to the table.
- kbenson 10y agoLike many things, there's a trade-off between up-front learning cost to gain expressiveness and usefulness later, and lower up-front cost at the expense of explicit verbosity later.
- choward 10y agoI shouldn't have to read a book in order to understand a "simple" build tool. And I'm for damn sure not paying for it. Make something overly complex and sells a book for it. Great business model!!!