This manual, "Software Build Systems: Principles and Experience" by Peter Smith, PhD, published by Addison-Wesley Professional, offers a comprehensive guide to software build systems. It delves into the principles and practical experience surrounding build processes, aiming to enhance developer productivity and streamline the delivery of reliable software. The book covers a wide array of tools and concepts essential for managing complex software development environments, including source trees, compilation, dependency checking, and packaging. Its intended use is to provide guidance for software build engineers, developers, and anyone responsible for build systems, addressing common challenges and offering solutions for faster compilation and reduced errors.
The scope of this manual is extensive, providing a thorough treatment of the software build process. It covers key concepts such as metadata for debugging and profiling, software packaging, and the management of build machines and version-control systems. The book discusses various build tools, including GNU Make, Ant, SCons, CMake, and integrated IDE features, and explores their benefits and challenges. By distilling years of experience, this accessible and well-organized text aims to lower software development costs and accelerate the delivery of high-quality software.
“This book represents a thorough and extensive treatment of the software build process including the choices, benefits, and challenges of a well designed build process. I recommend it not only to all software build engineers but to all software developers since a well designed build process is key to an effective software development process.”
—Kevin Bodie, Director Software Development, Pitney Bowes Inc.
“An excellent and detailed explanation of build systems, an important but often overlooked part of software development projects. The discussion of productivity as related to build systems is, alone, well worth the time spent reading this book.”
—John M. Pantone, Objectech Corporation, VP, IT Educator and Course Developer
“Peter Smith provides an interesting and accessible look into the world of software build systems, distilling years of experience and covering virtually every type of tool in the build engineer’s toolbox. Well organized, well written, and very thorough; I would recommend this book to anyone with a build system under their responsibility.”
—Jeff Overbey, Project Co-Lead, Photran
“Software Build Systems teaches how to think about building software. It surveys the tools and techniques for building software products and the ways things go wrong. This book will appeal to those new to build systems as well as experienced build system engineers.”
—Monte Davidoff, Software Development Consultant, Alluvial Software, Inc.
Inadequate build systems can dramatically impact developer productivity. Bad dependencies, false compile errors, failed software images, slow compilation, and time-wasting manual processes are just some of the byproducts of a subpar build system. In Software Build Systems, software productivity expert Peter Smith shows you how to implement build systems that overcome all these problems, so you can deliver reliable software more rapidly, at lower cost.
Smith explains the core principles underlying highly efficient build systems, surveying both system features and usage scenarios. Next, he encapsulates years of experience in creating and maintaining diverse build systems–helping you make well-informed choices about tools and practices, and avoid common traps and pitfalls. Throughout, he shares a wide range of practical examples and lessons from multiple environments, including Java, C++, C, and C#. Coverage includes
• Mastering build system concepts, including source trees, build tools, and compilation tools
• Comparing five leading build tools: GNU Make, Ant, SCons, CMake, and the Eclipse IDE’s integrated build features
• Ensuring accurate dependency checking and efficient incremental compilation
• Using metadata to assist debugging, profiling, and source code documentation
• Packaging software for installation on your target machine
• Best practices for managing complex version-control systems, build machines, and compilation tools
If you’re a developer, this book will illuminate the issues involved in building and maintaining the build system that’s best for your team. If you’re a manag
Author: Smith, Peter, PhD
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Illustration: n
Language: ENG
Title: Software Build Systems: Principles and Experience
Pages: 00000 (Encrypted EPUB) / 00625 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 2011-03-11
SKU-13/ISBN: 9780321717283
Category: Computers : Software Development & Engineering - General
“This book represents a thorough and extensive treatment of the software build process including the choices, benefits, and challenges of a well designed build process. I recommend it not only to all software build engineers but to all software developers since a well designed build process is key to an effective software development process.”
—Kevin Bodie, Director Software Development, Pitney Bowes Inc.
“An excellent and detailed explanation of build systems, an important but often overlooked part of software development projects. The discussion of productivity as related to build systems is, alone, well worth the time spent reading this book.”
—John M. Pantone, Objectech Corporation, VP, IT Educator and Course Developer
“Peter Smith provides an interesting and accessible look into the world of software build systems, distilling years of experience and covering virtually every type of tool in the build engineer’s toolbox. Well organized, well written, and very thorough; I would recommend this book to anyone with a build system under their responsibility.”
—Jeff Overbey, Project Co-Lead, Photran
“Software Build Systems teaches how to think about building software. It surveys the tools and techniques for building software products and the ways things go wrong. This book will appeal to those new to build systems as well as experienced build system engineers.”
—Monte Davidoff, Software Development Consultant, Alluvial Software, Inc.
Inadequate build systems can dramatically impact developer productivity. Bad dependencies, false compile errors, failed software images, slow compilation, and time-wasting manual processes are just some of the byproducts of a subpar build system. In Software Build Systems, software productivity expert Peter Smith shows you how to implement build systems that overcome all these problems, so you can deliver reliable software more rapidly, at lower cost.
Smith explains the core principles underlying highly efficient build systems, surveying both system features and usage scenarios. Next, he encapsulates years of experience in creating and maintaining diverse build systems–helping you make well-informed choices about tools and practices, and avoid common traps and pitfalls. Throughout, he shares a wide range of practical examples and lessons from multiple environments, including Java, C++, C, and C#. Coverage includes
• Mastering build system concepts, including source trees, build tools, and compilation tools
• Comparing five leading build tools: GNU Make, Ant, SCons, CMake, and the Eclipse IDE’s integrated build features
• Ensuring accurate dependency checking and efficient incremental compilation
• Using metadata to assist debugging, profiling, and source code documentation
• Packaging software for installation on your target machine
• Best practices for managing complex version-control systems, build machines, and compilation tools
If you’re a developer, this book will illuminate the issues involved in building and maintaining the build system that’s best for your team. If you’re a manag
Author: Smith, Peter, PhD
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Illustration: n
Language: ENG
Title: Software Build Systems: Principles and Experience
Pages: 00000 (Encrypted EPUB) / 00625 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 2011-03-11
SKU-13/ISBN: 9780321717283
Category: Computers : Software Development & Engineering - General
