In this chapter, you were presented with a new set of components that are available in the Yocto Project. Here, I am referring to the Hob, Toaster, and AutoBuilder projects. The chapter first introduced Hob as a BitBake alternative. It was followed by the Toaster alternative to Hob, which also comes with a lot of interesting features, and although it is not at its best now, over time, it will become a real solution for developers who are not interested in learning a new technology. Instead, they only interact with a tool to get what they want in a quick and easy manner. This chapter finished with the AutoBuilder project that offers a QA and testing platform for the Yocto Project community and can be transformed in a continuous integration tool.

In the next chapter, some of the other tools will be presented, but this time, the focus will move a little towards the exterior of the community and also its small tools. We will also cover projects and tools, such as Swabber, a project that...