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Cut everything to length, bend where appropriate, fit it all together, admire your careful work, then hit each joint with the torch and feed in the solder rather than clattering away with two spanners in a tight space, and ending up with at least one leaking olive.
Also, much happier to leave soldered pipework somewhere hard to get to/check on.
Dammit
I taught myself how to do it, ended up quite enjoying it. Did replace every last inch of pipe in my flat, so had a fair amount of practice.
It's much better than using compression fittings, once you've got the hang of it.