Makefiles make way SCons is here

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Makefiles make way SCons is here!

• Learn SCons by example

Shree Kumar Hewlett Packard
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Talk Objectives

• Introduce SCons
• Build software the easy way
• Provide simple examples
• Demonstrate practical usage
• Whet your appetite

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What is SCons

• A framework for building software
• Written in Python 1.5.2
• Hosted at http//www.scons.org/

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Features of SCons

• Automatic dependency analysis
• Global view of dependencies
• Uses MD5 checksums
• Many platforms supported out-of-the-box
• Support for popular compilers and tools
• Extensible architecture
• No need to define a clean target!

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Getting Started

• Download SCons package, install
• Simple Examples
• Hello App
• Hello Library
• Hello Shared Library

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Key Concepts

• Construction Environments
• BuildDir
• Extensibility
• Builders
• Scanners

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Examples

• Building a source tree
• Supporting multiple platforms
• Abstracting compiler differences
• Custom builder
• Custom scanner
• Installing software

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Examples (Contd.)

• Hooking into command line options
• Need for speed?
• Command line options
• Building a subset of the source tree
• Running multiple jobs

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More Info

• SCons Homepage (http//www.scons.org)
• Wiki
• How to get help
• IDE Integration
• Eclipse Plugin
• VC

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Questions???

• Shree Kumar
• Hewlett Packard
• shreekumar_at_hp.com