Build and deploy – ideas and ideas.

If you have ever tried build a application with a lot of components is really painful. Sure that using patterns, proper design and ultimately tools helps a lot; in fact is the basics to be success with that.

But apart from that we need to try, to see, to feel if it works. For those that can learn with their own mistakes the life could be harder but at the end pays off; but in a world that we don’t want to recreat the wheel good examples out there are always handy.

Nick Boldt presents a serie divided in 4 parts (actually the last one is still in coming) to how they faced the build of the boss Tools. It is interesting to see the original problem and how it get solved.

Simplifying The p2 Process, Part 1: p2 Composite Repos

Simplifying The p2 Process, Part 2: Target Platform Repos

Simplifying The p2 Process, Part 3: Associate Sites

You will see that they are using Maven, but don’t get stuck on that. Read for the example and not to see the used tools, remember that the concept is important, the tool is just a tool.

Hope you enjoy it!

As I expect a more conceptual thoughts about the subject, why don’t we go with a classic music today? Suggestion goes for Joe Hisaishi – Princess Mononoke Symphonic Suite (by the way if you never saw the anime, you should).