Review: Bazel in Depth (Richard Johnson)
The review of 'Bazel in Depth' by Richard Johnson expresses significant disappointment with the book. It criticizes the text for being meandering, repetitive, and lacking in accurate details about Bazel. The reviewer suggests that the book may have been poorly written and inadequately reviewed.
- ▪The book is described as verbose and not a true reference for developers.
- ▪It contains inaccuracies regarding Bazel's features and functionality.
- ▪The reviewer suspects the book may have been generated by AI due to its lack of coherence.
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try { if(localStorage) { let currentUser = localStorage.getItem('current_user'); if (currentUser) { currentUser = JSON.parse(currentUser); if (currentUser.id === 683206) { document.getElementById('article-show-container').classList.add('current-user-is-article-author'); } } } } catch (e) { console.error(e); } djmitche Posted on May 28 Review: Bazel in Depth (Richard Johnson) #books #bazel Bazel is a Google-derived build system with some interesting properties but a steep learning curve. In hopes of getting up that curve, I bought a few books recenly, among them Bazel in Depth: Definitive Reference for Developers and Engineers by Richard Johnson. I thought I might share my reactions in case they are helpful. tl;dr: don't bother. The text is meandering and repetitive.
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