Build All the Things with Pants Build System

Episode #387, published Thu, Oct 27, 2022, recorded Thu, Oct 6, 2022

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Do you have a large or growing Python code base? If you struggle to run builds, tests, linting, and other quality checks regularly or quickly, you'll want to hear what Benjy Weinberger has to say. He's here to introduce Pants Build to us. Pants is a fast, scalable, user-friendly build system for codebases of all sizes. It's currently focused on Python, Go, Java, Scala, Kotlin, Shell, and Docker.

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Benjy on Twitter: @benjy
Pants Build: pantsbuild.org
Pants Source: github.com
Getting help in the Pants community: pantsbuild.org/docs/getting-help
An example repo to demonstrate Python support in Pants: github.com
Toolchain: toolchain.com
Watch this episode on YouTube: youtube.com
Episode transcripts: talkpython.fm

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Benjy Weinberger

Benjy Weinberger is a software engineer with over 25 years' experience in building scalable distributed systems. He's worked at several companies, including Google, Twitter, and Foursquare, and is one of the original creators of the Pants ...

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