Build-tools are tools designed to help and automate the process of compiling, packaging and deploying software.
Questions tagged [build-tools]
421 questions
21
votes
2 answers
What is the buildToolsVersion for android SDK 24?
There's not much I can say about this. Oh well. Google released a new version of android called Nougat (android N). It is compileSdkVersion 24. However, on the build tools page in the official documentation, it is not mentioned.
I want to give my…

petnamedsteve
- 347
- 1
- 2
- 11
20
votes
13 answers
pip install mysqlclient : Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 is required
i'm tryng to import mysqlclient library for python with pip, when i use the command
pip install mysqlclient it return an error:
Collecting mysqlclient
Using cached …

Gargantua
- 420
- 2
- 5
- 17
19
votes
2 answers
Building webpack for production - minified dependencies
Say there is a module on npm called "awesomepackage". I can register it as a dependency of my application via package.json like so:
npm i --save awesomepackage
Inspecting my node_modules folder I see a folder named "awesomepackage" which looks…

Alex McMillan
- 17,096
- 12
- 55
- 88
16
votes
3 answers
Proper way to chain PostCSS and SASS in rollup
I'm trying to set up rollup to use both SCSS stylesheets and the Lost grid system, which needs to be parsed through PostCSS. I've verified that the SCSS is being parsed correctly, but the PostCSS processor doesn't seem to have any effect.
According…

bright-star
- 6,016
- 6
- 42
- 81
16
votes
3 answers
What is the purpose(s) of JavaScript build tools
Lately I have been studying Node.js. In this time,I have heard a lot about using Gulp or Grunt in as a build tool. Now I am interested in learning how to use Gulp. I have heard it was a build tool, but I am not sure what all that covers. What would…

James Parsons
- 6,097
- 12
- 68
- 108
16
votes
7 answers
Visual Studio wants to build with wrong platform toolset
I have upgraded a solution from VS2010 to VS2012.
I did that with other solutions, and it worked fine.
But now when I tried to build the updated solution, the compiler tells me:
Error 1596 error MSB8020: The builds tools for Visual Studio 2010…

tmighty
- 10,734
- 21
- 104
- 218
16
votes
3 answers
Choosing between Scons and Waf in Large Projects
We are thinking about converting a really large project from using GNU Make to some more modern build tool. My current suggestion is to use SCons or Waf.
Currently:
Build times are around 15 minutes.
Around 100 developers.
About 10 percent of code…

Nordlöw
- 11,838
- 10
- 52
- 99
15
votes
3 answers
Cannot resolve Build.VERSION_CODES.Q with build tools 29 in Android Studio
Why I am getting
Cannot resolve symbol 'Q'
when checking if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.Q) with build tools 29.0.0?
From Google:
So it very much exists already.

PIXP
- 2,382
- 3
- 19
- 28
14
votes
1 answer
Making sense of Scala development tools
There is a myriad of development tools and terms in the ecosystem, for example, language server, build server, Metals, BSP, LSP, Bloop, Zinc, Coursier, incremental compiler, presentation compiler, etc.
I was wondering if someone could demonstrate…

Mario Galic
- 47,285
- 6
- 56
- 98
12
votes
1 answer
Can I delete older Android SDK Build-tools packages?
I have all the Android SDK Build-tools installed from revision 17 to 21.1.2. Am I allowed to just delete old packages without any problem?

keybee
- 1,498
- 20
- 32
11
votes
3 answers
The build tools for v143 cannot be found - Build Tool Installed & Using Correct VS Version
This is similar to other questions where MS build tools could not be found but in my case I have already installed the build tools and I am using the correct version of VS for the specified tools (VS2022) on Windows 10.
The error message "The build…

YungDeiza
- 3,128
- 1
- 7
- 32
11
votes
4 answers
Webpack - Why is my bundle.js file minified by default?
I am learning react, and the online course I am following uses webpack. I didn't add any minifying or uglyfying options to my webpack.config but still my bundle.js is minified. I am not sure why or how to turn it off. I have attached my…

PowPowPow
- 306
- 1
- 2
- 10
11
votes
2 answers
What about this combination of gulp-concat and lazypipe is causing an error using gulp 4?
I'm upgrading from Gulp 3 to 4, and I'm running into an error:
The following tasks did not complete: build
Did you forget to signal async completion?
I understand what it's saying, but can't understand why this code is triggering it.
Error or not,…

goodforenergy
- 520
- 1
- 4
- 18
11
votes
5 answers
Rendering Problems Exception raised during rendering: color and position arrays must be of equal length
Hello i'm getting rendering errors in Android studio. Does someone know why this is caused?
My xml:

ddnl
- 495
- 1
- 6
- 22
11
votes
6 answers
PHP Build system
I'm using PHPUnderControl which runs on top of Cruise Control for my continuous integration and unit testing. I also have it setup to run PHPDocumentor to generate phpdoc's for me and it runs PHP Code Sniffer to enforce coding standards for me. But…

Steven Surowiec
- 10,030
- 5
- 32
- 37