F8 2015 - Big Code: Developer Infrastructure at Facebook's Scale
What it is
An F8 2015 talk touring the tool-chain Facebook uses to let thousands of engineers build mobile apps, including its move to Mercurial, an Atom-based IDE and continuous integration.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN points to it as a look at developer infrastructure at large scale, with speakers covering source control and CI test selection.
- 1 people recommended it
- 1 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2015, last 2016
What HN commenters said
“It's a long video but it's very watchable using the YouTube speed multiplier.”
Details Facebook's move to Mercurial, Atom-based IDE, and CI.
Corrado, 2015-09 · Recommendation · in “React Native for Android”
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Topics: facebook, mercurial, continuous integration, monorepo, developer productivity
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