Better Scala Builds with the Mill Build Tool, Functional Scala Online 2024 [video]
youtube.comLast time I posted this 7 years ago I wrote
> Note that while Mill's first target is Scala builds (as an alternative to SBT) there isn't much reason why Mill shouldn't be usable for other JVM/non-JVM languages too.
Now 7 years later, Mill indeed has first-class support for Java (https://mill-build.org/mill/javalib/intro.html) and Kotlin-JVM (https://mill-build.org/mill/kotlinlib/intro.html). There's experimental work ongoing to expand that support to Kotlin-Multiplatform, Android, Python, and Javascript/Typescript, with ~20,000USD of bounties up for grabs (and a similar amount already paid out):
- https://github.com/orgs/com-lihaoyi/discussions/6
We also recently started an engineering blog on build-engineering topics
- https://mill-build.org/blog/
Take a look at the open bounties and get involved if you are interested in this kind of fast, easy, multi-language build tooling!
Just wanted to say that trying (and subsequently adopting) mill this year was one of the most fun/rewarding things I picked up in scala world this year :)
Thanks so much - also Ammonite rocks!
You're doing the lord's work. Great job
Related Mill: Better Scala Builds (155 points, 7 years ago, 16 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16775545