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Dr. Edward Lavieri
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Dr. Edward Lavieri is a veteran software engineer and developer with a strong academic background. He earned a Doctorate of Computer Science from Colorado Technical University, an MS in Management Information Systems (Bowie State University), an MS in Education (Capella University), and an MS in Operations Management (University of Arkansas). He has been creating and teaching computer science courses since 2002. Edward retired from the U.S. Navy as a Command Master Chief after 25 years of active service. He is the founder and creative director of three19, a software design and development studio. Edward has authored more than a dozen technology books, including several on Java.
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The Waf build system


You were first exposed to the Waf build system in Chapter 11, Providing Your Game to the World when you learned the requirements for releasing your Lumberyard games. Waf is Lumberyard's project build system. It can be used in conjunction with Visual Studio or you can use it manually from the command prompt.

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You must have Python 2.6 or a later version installed on your computer to use the Waf build system.

When you are creating simple, standalone games, such as single-player, non-networked games, you can simply use the Project Configurator as you have for sample projects in previous chapters. When you are creating a more complex game, you will need to get more involved in the process.

When you examine the Waf files structure, you will see a _WAF_ folder in the Lumberyard \dev folder. As shown here, there are subfolders for Android, iOS, and Microsoft.

Within the Microsoft Waf folder, the msbuild sub-folder has a waf build targets file and an XML properties sheet. You...

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Dr. Edward Lavieri is a veteran software engineer and developer with a strong academic background. He earned a Doctorate of Computer Science from Colorado Technical University, an MS in Management Information Systems (Bowie State University), an MS in Education (Capella University), and an MS in Operations Management (University of Arkansas). He has been creating and teaching computer science courses since 2002. Edward retired from the U.S. Navy as a Command Master Chief after 25 years of active service. He is the founder and creative director of three19, a software design and development studio. Edward has authored more than a dozen technology books, including several on Java.
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