Half-Day Bazel Bootcamp (Part 2)

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Hands‑on walkthrough of Bazel recipes that actually build: shows using bazel build/bazel run and bazel test, workspace rules like rules_jvm_external with pinned maven install, HTTP_jar vs Maven fetching, and go/node rules. Demonstrates a 183‑line multi‑language workspace that generates proto + gRPC code, a Go frontend calling a Java backend (it runs cross‑OS), explains output symlinks (bazel-bin, testlogs), JAR/wrapper scripts, macros (.bzl) to template repetitive proto rules, and tips for debugging labels and IDE integration.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 1:50Java tests and failures
3. 4:58Java dependencies with Guava
4. 11:14Binary output and workspace links
5. 14:21Java dependencies with Maven
6. 21:44Single version policy in monorepos
7. 28:52Multi-language Java and Go
8. 41:11Protocol buffers and gRPC
9. 55:42Customizing builds with macros
10. 1:05:59Full-stack JavaScript workspace
11. 1:16:38Q&A

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