Re:Waypoint: Build, deploy, and release applications across ...
by mr_toad on Thursday October 15, 2020 @07:25PM
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> I'm not sure how much that's the case with application development though.
Not all apps fit neatly into a container. In the data warehousing space an app could consist of client code, middleware, and database objects, and then there’s probably data in object storage, and ETL code to deal with. There’s code in your workflow/scheduling system to be updated. The CI and test frameworks need to be updated.
And it all has to be deployed and tested in a synchronised way, especially if you want it to be reproducible.
I’d rather use a purpose built tool for this, than the mashup of tools and scripts that I currently use.
Not all apps fit neatly into a container. In the data warehousing space an app could consist of client code, middleware, and database objects, and then there’s probably data in object storage, and ETL code to deal with. There’s code in your workflow/scheduling system to be updated. The CI and test frameworks need to be updated.
And it all has to be deployed and tested in a synchronised way, especially if you want it to be reproducible.
I’d rather use a purpose built tool for this, than the mashup of tools and scripts that I currently use.