Yeah, it seems like the natural way to do Java deployments. Doing a build in a remote environment (and dealing with all the uncertainty that comes along with it) every time you do a deploy doesn't seem to me to add much value, particularly if it locks you in to a certain build system.
Heroku guys, any thoughts? I don't want to come across as negative on this: I'm very excited that you are getting into this business and desperately want to get Gosu/ Ronin applications deployed in Heroku. Cheers, Carson On Sep 7, 7:05 am, John McCaffrey <[email protected]> wrote: > Also, isn't that how things are deployed on google app engine? (just push up > a war file) > > It would be nice if the deployment process was similar, so that users of > other hosting systems could easily give heroku a try, and see how awesome it > is. > > You may also want to checkout CloudFoundry <http://cloudfoundry.com/faq> and > keep an eye on how they do things. (I just pushed out a rails app to their > beta product, and ran some performance tests. They are still adding > features, but my app is running fine, so I'll definitely keep them on my > radar) > > -John > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 12:21 AM, Carson Gross <[email protected]> wrote: > > Guys, > > > Just saw your announcement on supporting Java applications, and I'm > > very excited about it. I've been working on a rails app deployed on > > heroku and always wondered if someone would make a heroku for java > > and, well, here we are. I also work on Gosu (a JVM language) and > > Ronin (a Gosu-based web app framework) and I would love to get them > > deployed on Heroku > > > I'd like to ask you to consider a change to your deployment model, > > however. I realize that ruby apps deploy with their code in place and > > so it makes a lot of sense to manage things as a git push as there > > isn't really a compilation phase. However, java has a much more > > diverse set of build tools since it is a compiled language: you've got > > ant, gant, maven, buildr, aardvark (the one I use, Gosu based) and so > > on. As such, forcing us to use Maven (which has a mixed reputation in > > the java world) is a tough pill to swallow. > > > So what I'd like to ask you to consider is accepting simple war files, > > built locally and pushed out to heroku. This takes the build and > > verification phase out of a deployment and provides a simple, > > standardized way for us java devs to deploy to heroku. It also opens > > up the platform to other languages and frameworks: almost all of them > > provide some way to bundle up a war for deployment. > > > Thanks again for all your great work, > > Carson > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Heroku" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/heroku?hl=en. > > -- > Thanks, > -John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Heroku" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/heroku?hl=en.
