Apache Ant vs. AWS CodeBuild

Apache Ant is suitable for the scenarios where central repository is not required for your developed application and It has a great architecture with less complexity and the situation where automated configuration is needed then Apache Ant is not suitable for that use case. Apache Ant is easy to use tool.

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It is really good for building projects in the cloud. If you try to do build the project first locally and then push that stack to the cloud it could take a lot of time. In this way, it also consumes a lot of resources in the computer and in the network.

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• Support non java application development as well
• Flexible
• XML scripting
• Support any platform

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• Customization
• Do code builds within a schedule or when the source code changes
• Only pay for the build time used

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• Better lifecycle management can be done
• So much configuration details needs to provide
• Order of the flow needs to define in advance

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• Sometimes it runs an outage and developers don't know why. We have to contact DevOps most of the time.
• Sometimes it is slow

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Compare to other tools like Eclipse or Jenkins, Apache Ant is really easy to use tool. and It is very flexible tool which can be learn in couple of days time. And Apache ant help to write the custom java based hooks which enable more capabilities and features in the application

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AWS CodeBuild provides the option to fully implement the build in the cloud without wasting your local resources (computer and network) providing independence to developers to invest those resources in other processes. It also provides a robust platform with a lot of customizations or just a script for each language.

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• Overall positive impact
• Speed up the development process
• Easy deployment process

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• It has a positive ROI

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