Mastering Scala Machine Learning

SBT

Everyone likes Scala REPL. REPL is the command line for Scala. It allows you to type Scala expressions that are evaluated immediately and try and explore things. As you saw in the previous chapters, one can simply type scala at the command prompt and start developing complex data pipelines. What is even more convenient is that one can press tab to have auto-completion, a required feature of any fully developed modern IDE (such as Eclipse or IntelliJ, Ctrl +. or Ctrl + Space) by keeping track of the namespace and using reflection mechanisms. Why would we need one extra tool or framework for builds, particularly that other builds management frameworks such as Ant, Maven, and Gradle exist in addition to IDEs? As the SBT authors argue, even though ...