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woodyc
Force.com migration tool vs. Force.com IDE
We have been migrating code from sandbox to production using the Force.com IDE. I am now learning how to use the ANT-based Force.com migration tool. Does anyone have ideas about the benefits of using one tool over the other? I cannot tell from my reading so far how to determine which tool is better and under what circumstances.
Additionally, does either tool work more easily with change control and versioning software for Salesforce.com?
Any ideas would be much appreciated.
-Woody
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hey woody,
the two tools rely on the same metadata api so there are a lot of fundamental similarities. the IDE with eclipse is more of a visual interface while ant (migration tool) is command line driven. if you like a friendly ui, i would use the ide, and if you like to manually manipulate xml i would try ant. also, ant can provide more flexibility by allowing the user to set environment variables to control polling intervals, which is useful for very large orgs. i think most people opt for the IDE but when i get stuck i revert to ant.
Thanks for the feedback. Have you used either method in conjunction with any versioning/change control software to manage multiple environments? I am trying to map out a good methodology for our team to get migrations and sandbox refresh activities coordinated and with some decent controls on the code.