Building iOS Apps without Xcode

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Demonstrates the Buck build system with concrete claims and demos: shows clang/Swift invocations, IB and asset tools run identically, and uses Watchman plus a project generator to avoid checked-in Xcode projects. Explains rule-key SHA-1 caching and a remote cache that lets local builds go from ~30s to 3s and reduces CI builds from 15 minutes to 3.5 minutes. Also shows trace files/chrome tracing, mixed ObjC/Swift support, and discusses maintenance and migration trade-offs.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 7:42BUCK FILES
3. 13:04BUILD SYSTEMS CALL COMPILERS Buck
4. 13:35PROJECT GENERATION
5. 19:01CACHING
6. 26:23DEPENDENCY GRAPHS
7. 27:36BUILD TRACE

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