Re: Build Systems

2005-05-01 Thread Barney Boisvert
I second this completely.  And for your purposes, the fact that Ant
has built-in stuff for dealing with various version control
repositories will make your job of deploying specific releases very
easy.

We don't use ant for app deployment, but we use it for a lot of other
things where I work.  It's a swiss army knife that no developer should
be without.  And WAY better than Make.  ; )

cheers,
barneyb

On 5/1/05, Steven Brownlee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Take a serious look at Ant, especially now with the release of 1.6.3.  Some
> serious enhancements and fixes make it a powerhouse of a build tool.  I use
> it for some complex and large builds on a J2EE system - involving both Java
> and CF projects.
> 
> I haven't tried every product on the market but of the ones I've dealt with,
> Ant has the best combination of power and ease.

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RE: Build Systems

2005-05-01 Thread Steven Brownlee
Take a serious look at Ant, especially now with the release of 1.6.3.  Some
serious enhancements and fixes make it a powerhouse of a build tool.  I use
it for some complex and large builds on a J2EE system - involving both Java
and CF projects.

I haven't tried every product on the market but of the ones I've dealt with,
Ant has the best combination of power and ease.

-Original Message-
From: Chris Jensen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 2:46 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Build Systems

Hi,
We're looking at implementing an automated build/deployment system for 
our development server and (i hope) will later extend this to our 
production server also.

Specifically we're thinking of nightly builds, and also the ability to 
deploy an existing build (eg deploy release X of project Y to the 
production server with one command or a click of an icon).

What is everyone's experiences (good or bad) with various tools to help 
with this in a largely Cold Fusion/Windows 2000 environment?

I'm aware of Make, Ant and Maven, but have little experience with them 
for this purpose (or at all). Are people using any of these for CFMX. Is 
there anything else that suits the job better?

Chris


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