Replace Bash with Lua | Build Systems, Shell Scripts, Vendoring
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00:00 Intro
00:23 Replacing Bash with Lua or Dash
00:28 Goal: effective shell scripting
00:32 Objectives
01:56 bash vs sh
03:10 Use cases
04:27 Importance of the objectives
04:47 Evaluating Bash - Language
05:50 Evaluating Bash - Ecosystem
09:03 Solution #1.A - Lua v5.1
10:51 Evaluating Lua - Language
13:33 Evaluating Lua - Ecosystem
15:43 Emulating shell features with Lua
18:50 Why v5.1?
20:46 How does Lua fulfill the objectives?
21:23 Solution #1.B - Dash
21:48 Evaluating Dash - Language
23:02 How does Dash fulfill the objectives?
23:48 Solution #2 - Use Bash but pretend it's Dash
23:57 Effective Dash Scripting
25:05 Guideline - Quote parameter expansions
28:08 Guideline - Always use long flags
30:39 Guideline - Declare local variables
31:18 Guideline - Use test, avoid brackets
32:26 Guideline - Set +e
34:48 Guideline - Screaming snake case for environment variables only
36:28 Solution #3 - Use Bash
36:35 Takeaway
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