Pro Bash Development

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Claim: bash supports pro bash development with modular libraries, unit and integration tests, and real deployments. Evidence: a collection called pona toolkit contains bash libraries (safeguards, subshell helpers), a TAP-like test harness that sources .sh tests via a symlink trick, and production tools (PT summary, PT stock). Scale: some programs exceed 2,000 lines of bash. Result: these tools run in the field and are integration-tested and maintained.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 2:17Why Bash development matters
3. 5:51Scripts versus programs in Bash
4. 13:45Is Bash a language?
5. 22:41Core features for Bash
6. 24:25Bash libraries
7. 31:43Testing Bash programs
8. 40:42Bash outdated myths
9. 41:46Real-world Bash examples
10. 43:31Resources and closing

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