sbt can be a hard nut to crack.

Josh Suereth hated it as well but he has change his mind. Here he presents Sbt 1.0 - The Interactive Build Tool:

The guys at Banno has some valuable insight on how to use it without to much friction.

If you are completely new to sbt check older talks by mr. Josh Suereth on youtube.com

From last years ScalaDays the Effective sbt talk was great.