Bazel

• Knowledge and experience with the build system concept
• Basic understanding of the Java programming language

Audience

• Software developers

Bazel is an open-source build and testing tool developed by Google. It provides tools that automate the execution of build and testing tasks.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at developers who wish to learn how Bazel works in automating a software build and test workflow.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the basic concepts of Bazel and learn how it works.
• Learn how to use Bazel in building and testing.
• Use Bazel in executing build and testing automation.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Lots of exercises and practice.
• Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.

Course Customization Options

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

Introduction

• Overview of Bazel
• Understanding the Bazel architecture

Getting Started

• Installing the Bazel runtime and launcher
• Understanding the Bazel UI

Understanding the Project Structure and Basic Building Blocks

• Project building block
• Project structure
• Concepts of a build logic

Invoking a Target From the Command Line

• Executing a target
• Commonly-used commands
• Output and cache directories

Understanding the Bazel Build Lifecycle

• Phases of the Bazel lifecycle
• Configuration file
• Programming language rules

Using Bazel Basic Automation For Java

• Setting up a Java project
• Building a Java project
• Running the build from the command line
• Inspecting the generated artifact
• Deploying the Java project
• Driving Bazel from the IDE
• Using Bazel in IntelliJ

Bazel Dependency Management

• Modeling fine-grained package granularity and dependencies
• Declaring external dependencies
• Declaring an external library and using it in a code
• Declaring the JUnit dependency
• Publishing a JAR to a Maven repository
• Publishing a Java library to local Maven

Testing Automation

• Performing automated tests
• Executing JUnit tests

Advanced Bazel

• Extension concepts
• Writing and executing a genrule
• Remote caching and execution
• Build stamping
• Bazel query
• Java toolchains

Troubleshooting

Summary and Next Steps