Yeah, I think SVN vs Git although different systems and purposes captures the essence. In SVN you can do the same as in GIT, but GIT gives you much more and you really can work on branches which is very very difficult in SVN and for that reason all the industry is working with GIT these days.
El mié., 21 oct. 2020 a las 11:31, Hugo Ferreira (<[email protected]>) escribió: > Thank you all. > > I have known ANT for years but never used Maven before, just know that it's > a build tool to do a similar job as ANT. > It worked well the first time on my machine because as you said, I have > everything in its place but for a server build or a new machine or just > something that would change, will break ANT immediately. > For your explanation, it seems to me that compared ANT with Maven it's more > or less comparing SVN to Git. Both do the job well but have different pros > and cons. > ANT it's easier for me because I already know a little about it, however, I > will switch to Maven. > I like a lot of what I readed and seems very good and yes, ANT seems more > difficult to maintain. > > Carlos Rovira <[email protected]> escreveu no dia quarta, 21/10/2020 > à(s) 09:43: > > > In an example I think it can be better to understand. If you go to this > > project I did some weeks ago: > > > > https://github.com/codeoscopic/avant2-website > > > > You should be able to do "mvn install" in the library and then in the > > project without anything more in your machine. > > Since Maven will download dependencies for you. If I release the library > > and be in some maven repository out there, you can just build the main > > project and the library will come from out there. > > > > Using ANT will require that you set up manually all things in your > machine > > and that could be a problem. Why if you change your machine?....probably > > you must do all that again. > > > > Then if you must to put your project on a server for a team....here the > > trouble could be epic. So ANT could be ok if you're working alone, but in > > teams Maven excels clearly, so I prefer to standardize my way of > "produce" > > by always using Maven as a build tool. > > > > HTH > > > > > > El mié., 21 oct. 2020 a las 10:35, Piotr Zarzycki (< > > [email protected]>) escribió: > > > > > My personal feelings of course. :) Ant is also good, but it all depends > > how > > > scripts are written, I know that I have no idea what is inside scripts > > > after a week, with Maven when I get back to scripts after months I know > > > what is happening - this is the advantage of having some specific > > > structure. > > > > > > śr., 21 paź 2020 o 10:33 Piotr Zarzycki <[email protected]> > > > napisał(a): > > > > > > > Hi Hugo, > > > > > > > > Usually it is, but I have found Maven less problematic over the years > > and > > > > with new project much more easy to setup. If someone checkout your > > > project > > > > with Maven pom file - he doesn't need Royale SDK at all, cause > > everything > > > > will be downloaded on the first build. > > > > > > > > Plus Maven scripts are much more cleaner than ant - In ant you can do > > > > whatever you want, in Maven you have some specific structure which > you > > > > follow. > > > > > > > > Just to mention - I haven't changed my Maven build for Royale in the > > last > > > > 3 years - maybe command has changed over that time, but not so much. > > With > > > > > > > > When you push something without building SDK by Maven check here if > > it's > > > > not failing [1]. > > > > > > > > [1] https://ci-builds.apache.org/job/Royale/ > > > > > > > > śr., 21 paź 2020 o 10:09 Hugo Ferreira <[email protected]> > > > > napisał(a): > > > > > > > >> Hi, > > > >> > > > >> For test fix and possibility new features, I apply the code in > Royale > > > >> source code and build with ANT but Royale also support build with > > Maven. > > > >> I never use Maven before, so, what is the advantage in Royale to > build > > > >> with > > > >> ANT or Maven. > > > >> I searched a lot and seems to be only a metter of personal > preference. > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > Piotr Zarzycki > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Piotr Zarzycki > > > > > > > > > -- > > Carlos Rovira > > Apache Member & Apache Royale PMC > > *Apache Software Foundation* > > http://about.me/carlosrovira > > > -- Carlos Rovira Apache Member & Apache Royale PMC *Apache Software Foundation* http://about.me/carlosrovira
