Introduction
Build management or Build Automation is a process of automating all the tasks to compile and build the application software. With the help, of CI (Continuous Integration) tools like Jenkins the application build would be deployed onto various environments like QA, Staging, etc. Tools that are used for build automation are known as Build Automation tools. Some of the build management tools are listed below. All the tools are licensed under the Apache License.
Build Phases
- Compilation of software source code to executable
- Packaging of the Software like jar, war, ear etc
- Run Integration Tests
- Build Deployment
- Product Documentation
Build Management Tools
Some of the open-source build automation tools are as follows:
- Ant
- Maven
- Gradle
Maven
Apache Maven is an open-source build management tool. The tool is mostly used for Java-based projects. Maven is a tool for building software. It is configured with a POM (Project Object Model ) file. It runs in JVM and uses a distributed repository model.
Official website link: https://maven.apache.org/
To know more about the Maven build tool:
https://www.testingdocs.com/what-is-maven/
Gradle
Gradle is an open-source build management tool. It is written in Java, Kotlin, and Groovy. Gradle is performance-centric and must faster than the Maven tool for large projects.
Official website link: https://gradle.org/
Ant
Ant is a Java library and command-line tool for automating software build processes. Mostly the tool is used for building Java projects.
Official website link:https://ant.apache.org/
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