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Please vs SBT: What are the differences?

What is Please? A Cross-Language Build System. Please is a cross-language build system with an emphasis on high performance, extensibility and reproduceability. It supports a number of popular languages and can automate nearly any aspect of your build process.

What is SBT? An open-source build tool for Scala and Java projects. It is similar to Java's Maven and Ant. Its main features are: Native support for compiling Scala code and integrating with many Scala test frameworks.

Please and SBT can be categorized as "Java Build" tools.

Please is an open source tool with 814 GitHub stars and 76 GitHub forks. Here's a link to Please's open source repository on GitHub.

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Pros of Please
Pros of SBT
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    IntelliJ support
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    Multi-language
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    Built-in languages are defined in the same language
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    No single WORKSPACE file that nobody owns or understand
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    Support for publishing artifacts in Maven, Ivy formats
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    Works across Windows, Linux and MacOS
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    Support for Zinc and BSP
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    No Breaking Changes
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    Best for Mono-Repo and Multi-Project builds
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    Preference option to build Mix Scala-Java Projects
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    IntelliJ support
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    Continuous compilation
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    Flexible
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    Dependency manageemnt
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    Incremental Builds

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Cons of Please
Cons of SBT
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    No Windows support
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    Learning Curve is a bit steep

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What is Please?

Please is a cross-language build system with an emphasis on high performance, extensibility and reproduceability. It supports a number of popular languages and can automate nearly any aspect of your build process.

What is SBT?

It is similar to Java's Maven and Ant. Its main features are: Native support for compiling Scala code and integrating with many Scala test frameworks.

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What are some alternatives to Please and SBT?
Bazel
Bazel is a build tool that builds code quickly and reliably. It is used to build the majority of Google's software, and thus it has been designed to handle build problems present in Google's development environment.
Git
Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.
GitHub
GitHub is the best place to share code with friends, co-workers, classmates, and complete strangers. Over three million people use GitHub to build amazing things together.
Visual Studio Code
Build and debug modern web and cloud applications. Code is free and available on your favorite platform - Linux, Mac OSX, and Windows.
Docker
The Docker Platform is the industry-leading container platform for continuous, high-velocity innovation, enabling organizations to seamlessly build and share any application — from legacy to what comes next — and securely run them anywhere
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