Accelerating Bazel and Gradle Builds Using Intelligent Caching

In most continuous integration (CI) environments, where code is frequently integrated and builds are triggered often, everything is rebuilt from scratch even though artifacts and resources are exactly the same as the previous build. This inefficiency causes longer build times and more resource consumption, leading to slower software development. While Bazel and Gradle offer local caching, it is not sufficient for CI pipelines that require remote caching.

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In this webinar, we will dive into how Harness CI removes this inefficiency by caching unchanged build outputs from previous builds instead of rebuilding them from scratch, especially for Bazel and Gradle build tools. This not only helps accelerate CI builds but also local builds making the developers more productive. We will also discuss how this caching fits into the overall Harness CI Intelligence suite of features that help accelerate the build and test processes.

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