Build Systems

For us programmers, building a project and running its various components is the first step in developing a new feature or fixing a reported bug in a project. In fact, this is not limited to C or C++; almost any project with a component written in a compiled programming language, such as C, C++, Java, or Go, needs to be built first.

Therefore, being able to build a software project quickly and easily is a fundamental demand required by almost any party working in the software production pipeline, whether they be developers, testers, integrators, DevOps engineers, or even customer support.

More than that, when you join a team as a newbie, the first thing you do is to build the code base that you are going to work on. Considering all this, then, it's clear that addressing the ability to build a software project is justified, given its importance within the software development process.

Programmers need to build code bases frequently...