Bazel Tutorial: (Part 1) Getting Started, Bazelisk & our First Build Targets

In this video we're going to be creating our first build targets in Bazel. Bazel is a build tool that is very popular for use in monorepos. We're going to start by discussing what bazel is & the motivation for using it. We're then going to install bazelisk & use it to manage our bazel version. Then, we're going to create our first bazel targets using the genrule.
Bazel: bazel.build/
Code: github.com/kriscfoster/multi-...

[@spcs999]

One of the best video content in the internet to get a good intro to Bazel. Good work!!

[@jianqingwang939]

This is really the best and straightforward Bazel tutorial for beginner. Thank you so much * 1000

[@coffee-beast-99z]

Amazing tutorial, thank you!!!

[@entanglesoftware6535]

Hi Kris, Thanks for that. Please make second part. :)

[@psyk0l0ge]

finally was ablt to install the correct bazel version for tensorflow thx so much man

[@davidhicks5863]

This is the best introduction to Bazel that I've come across. Please make more if you get a chance (I realize there must not be a huge audience for this type of content, but I will definitely share it with my friends). I think it could be interesting to see how more complex workflows (perhaps working with containers or building remotely) would work. Regardless, I subscribed and am looking forward to any other tutorials you have!

[@davidhicks5863]

Just saw you have a few other videos on this topic. Definitely going to check those out!

[@MualleMatsela]

what an awesome intro. Thanks

[@jasonzavaglia]

Thanks, this is excellent. Been working with a huge monorepo with a lot of customisation for the last two years, but getting to grips with the basics, the extra rules, it's non-trivial. This is a great introduction and it makes me think I should point new starters in my org at it.

[@KrisFoster1]

Thank you for the kind feedback @Jason. Yes, there aren't many video resources for learning bazel out there yet!

[@ppan]

Thanks for making it simple, looking forward :)

[@KrisFoster1]

Thank you @vish!

[@gustavodesouzagoncalves6352]

now bazel seems really simple! thanks man!

[@KrisFoster1]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@seyedmohammadhosseini5793]

Looking forward to the next ones...!

[@KrisFoster1]

Thank you @Seyed, should be some more later this week.

[@kennyhoang4475]

Great video to start off learning Bazel (which I had to refresh myself on some initial concepts).

[@KrisFoster1]

Thank you for the kind feedback!

[@ryanhill101]

Cool video Kris, looks interesting.

[@KrisFoster1]

Thanks Ryan, yeah bazel is pretty cool!

[@user-wf4bj2zn6c]

Thank you!

[@kyuantym]

Subbed

[@SlavMFM]

Great introduction, thanks! How Bazel's caching is gonna work if my genrule(), for example, is going to make server requests, pull code from GIT or use current time?

[@dtienloi]

That is not the intended use. External dependencies should be fetched using repositories rules. Build targets should be “self-contained”. Bazel has some sandboxing capabilities to prevent unwanted network traffic, but it is really up to the developers to be self disciplined

[@lakshmaji.mutyala]

Could you make a video on bazel with at least one front-end framework (like angular, react or svelte etc) in a monorepo.

[@KrisFoster1]

Hey, yeah this will be coming soon

[@lakshmaji.mutyala]

@@KrisFoster1 🤩 thank you, will wait for the blasting update