SCons

What do you like best?

SCons is a very versatile package. Using SCons we're able to configure our environment on different levels easily.

Almost everything is straight-forward and easy to use. Plus, many people are using it which means potential blocking points are easily passed.

What do you dislike?

I'd like to have a deeper understanding of the implementation of the package, hence a more detailed documentation will come in handy. I'd like to have a deeper look into what other uses this package could have.

Recommendations to others considering the product:

I recommend using this package because it's really useful and a time saver. Also, it is easy to read and configure, from my point of view.

What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?

I'm using SCons for building and testing projects developed for automotive industry, mostly written in C. Building means compiling and linking the code. Prebuild and postbuild actions are configured in SCons, too. Also, SCons is used for automated builds in Jenkins.