Bazel & Go basics
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TODO: This guide has not really been written yet. But here's a few bits and pieces you might find helpful to get started if you're not familiar with Bazel (until the full guide is written).

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Installing Bazel on macOS
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    $ brew install bazelisk ibazel

You want to have `bazelisk` installed instead of `bazel` so that the correct version of Bazel is used instead of the latest one.

Bazel basics
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    $ bazel run //hswaw/site
    $ bazel run //hswaw/laserproxy

This builds and runs project at specified [depot paths](checking-out.md).

You can pass flags to build product after `--`, like so:

    $ bazel run //hswaw/site -- -hspki_disable

BTW: `-hspki_disable` is a common flag to use to run a project locally without HTTPS setup.

By convention, most projects will show you available flags like so:

    $ bazel run //hswaw/laserproxy -- -h

For some projects, you might want interactive development, where rebuild happens automatically on any change to the project. In this case, replace `bazel run` with `ibazel run`.