We are delighted to announce the 0.5.0 release of Bazel (follow the link for the full release notes and list of changes).
The Bazel team has been maintaining a separate, stripped-down build of Bazel that runs with JDK 7. The 0.5.1 release will no longer provide this special version.
This blog post describes the design of Skylark, the language used to specify builds in Bazel.
As of Bazel 0.4.4, Java compilation is possible from a Skylark rule. This facilitates the Skylark and Java interoperability and allows creating what we call Java sandwiches in Bazel.
I'm happy to announce that Bazel has been accepted as a mentor organization for the Google Summer of Code 2017. If you are a student and interested in working on Bazel this summer, please read on.
Bazel currently provides rules for Java, JavaLite and C++.
Remote repositories are the way to use dependencies from "outside" of the Bazel world in Bazel. Using them, you can download binaries from the internet or use some from your own host. You can even use Skylark to define your own repository rules to depend on a custom package manager or to implement auto-configuration rules.
As you might have seen either in our 0.4 announcement or simply by going to our website, we have recently switched over to the bazel.build domain name.
We are delighted to announce the 0.4.0 release of Bazel. This release marks major improvements in support for Windows, sandboxing and performance.
We've recently open-sourced Bazel plugins for IntelliJ and Android Studio.