Distributed development of complex software systems with object make

Production of a large-scale software system involves quite a few software components. It is very common to develop such software components in a distributed environment consisting of multiple computer systems connected by computer networks. In order to support effective software development in a distributed environment, a mechanism to combine a large number of components, which are distributed over the network, into a single system in a systematic way is quite essential. Object Make is a tool that automates the building process of software systems consisting of software components that are stored in the file systems of distributed computer systems, as if they are stored in a single file system. Software developers are not required to transfer these remote components to their own local computer systems explicitly, even if the computer systems do not share a common file system. This paper will give an overview of the distributed software build process for large-scale software systems using Object Make.