Introduction to Bazel
summary
Bazel claims fast, correct builds by hashing artifacts up front, running actions in a file‑system sandbox and caching intermediates locally and remotely, with rolling releases every two weeks and LTS yearly plus two years maintenance; current stable is Bazel 8 and surveys show 80% of users <5 years, 30% <1 year. Examples use Starlark rules to combine Python code generation -> generated C++ -> compiled binary via a genrule and remote cache so the multi‑language pipeline actually works and reruns only changed parts.
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chapters (16)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:54Bazel fundamentals
- 7:22Artifact-based system
- 10:07Bazel architecture
- 11:51Build modes and Bzlmod
- 15:18Bazel file structure
- 17:19Targets and labels
- 21:07Visibility rules
- 24:26Build phases
- 26:51Caching and remote execution
- 30:34Caching and setup strategy
- 34:45Multi-language support
- 37:35Customizing builds
- 50:00Toolchain management
- 51:55Testing infrastructure
- 56:16Advanced utilities
