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diff --git a/docs/pages/1 - Intro to Mill.md b/docs/pages/1 - Intro to Mill.md index 5ee8590a..cf7a7ff5 100644 --- a/docs/pages/1 - Intro to Mill.md +++ b/docs/pages/1 - Intro to Mill.md @@ -2,16 +2,17 @@ [Confused by SBT](http://www.lihaoyi.com/post/SowhatswrongwithSBT.html)? Frustrated by Maven? Perplexed by Gradle? Give Mill a try! -Mill is a general purpose build-tool. It has built in support for the -[Scala](https://www.scala-lang.org/) programming language, and can serve as a -replacement for [SBT](http://www.scala-sbt.org/), but can also be extended to -support any other language or platform via modules (written in Java or Scala) or -through external subprocesses. - -Mill aims for simplicity by -[re-using concepts you are already familiar with](http://www.lihaoyi.com/post/BuildToolsasPureFunctionalPrograms.html) -to let you define your project's build. Mill's `build.sc` files are Scala -scripts. +Mill aims for simplicity by re-using concepts you are already +[familiar with](http://www.lihaoyi.com/post/BuildToolsasPureFunctionalPrograms.html), +borrowing ideas from modern tools like [Bazel](https://bazel.build/), to let you +build your projects in a way that's simple, fast, and predictable. + +Mill has built in support for the [Scala](https://www.scala-lang.org/) +programming language, and can serve as a replacement for +[SBT](http://www.scala-sbt.org/), but can also be +[extended](http://www.lihaoyi.com/mill/page/extending-mill.html) to support any +other language or platform via modules (written in Java or Scala) or through +external subprocesses. To get started, download Mill and install it into your system via the following `curl`/`chmod` command: @@ -20,6 +21,10 @@ To get started, download Mill and install it into your system via the following sudo curl -L -o /usr/local/bin/mill https://github.com/lihaoyi/mill/releases/download/0.1.0/0.1.0 && sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/mill ``` +More recent, unstable versions of Mill are also +[available](https://github.com/lihaoyi/mill/releases/tag/unstable), if you want +to try out the latest features and improvements that are currently in master. + The simplest Mill build for a Scala project looks as follows: ```scala |