In this chapter, you will be introduced to new tools and components used in the Yocto community. As the title suggests, this chapter is dedicated to another category of tools. I will start with Hob as a graphical interface, which is slowly dying, and in time, will be replaced by a new web interface called Toaster. A new point of discussion will also be introduced in this chapter. Here, I am referring to the QA and testing component that is, in most cases, absent or lacking from most of the projects. Yocto takes this problem very seriously and offers a solution for it. This solution will be presented in the last section of the chapter.

You will also be offered a more detailed presentation to components, such as Hob, Toaster, and Autobuilder. Each of these components will be assessed separately and their benefits and use cases are looked at in detail. For the first two components, (that is, Hob and Toaster) information regarding the build process is...