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What build system are you using if not MSBuild then?

• nivviv 6y ago
  Our production stuff runs on Linux, so we just wrap it into docker and that's that. Personally, I develop on Mac and it runs natively there the same as on Linux. Windows binaries for the tooling releases I used to build with a cross-compiler, but more recently, GH actions looks attractive enough to take that role. Edit: Sorry, could have been clearer. The build system is just running the binary directly via nim cpp -r in development, and for production it's nimble. The dockerfile is handcrafted, but of trivial complexity.
  • jimbob45 6y ago
    So you use Docker to keep the build system unchanged between builds? That’s genius if so and cuts deeply into MSBuild’s main advantage (comprehensively delineated system settings).
    • nivviv 6y ago
      I think there might be a misunderstanding. I'm just talking about the multiplayer service infrastructure, not the whole game. Despite doing a lot and having a lot of smaller moving parts, the mp infra is of moderate code size and build complexity is not a concern. The whole thing compiles in less than 5 minutes, and can be done with nimble (the package manager). We have a docker builder image that spits out the final production image containing the apps, and a docker-compose setup then runs those as needed. Any kind of per-platform specifics are handled in nim itself (when defined(Linux): etc) and via nim.config/nims.nim, to link in platform libraries.
• federico_c 6y ago
  I use the Nim and GCC compilers from Debian in order to have guaranteed stable build system for 5+ years.