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AWS CodeBuild vs Apache Maven: What are the differences?
What is AWS CodeBuild? Build and test code with continuous scaling. AWS CodeBuild is a fully managed build service that compiles source code, runs tests, and produces software packages that are ready to deploy. With CodeBuild, you don’t need to provision, manage, and scale your own build servers.
What is Apache Maven? Apache build manager for Java projects. Maven allows a project to build using its project object model (POM) and a set of plugins that are shared by all projects using Maven, providing a uniform build system. Once you familiarize yourself with how one Maven project builds you automatically know how all Maven projects build saving you immense amounts of time when trying to navigate many projects.
AWS CodeBuild can be classified as a tool in the "Continuous Integration" category, while Apache Maven is grouped under "Java Build Tools".
Some of the features offered by AWS CodeBuild are:
- Fully Managed Build Service
- Continuous Scaling
- Enables Continuous Integration
On the other hand, Apache Maven provides the following key features:
- Simple project setup that follows best practices - get a new project or module started in seconds
- Consistent usage across all projects means no ramp up time for new developers coming onto a project
- Superior dependency management including automatic updating, dependency closures (also known as transitive dependencies)
"Pay per minute" is the primary reason why developers consider AWS CodeBuild over the competitors, whereas "Dependency management" was stated as the key factor in picking Apache Maven.
Apache Maven is an open source tool with 1.74K GitHub stars and 1.28K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Apache Maven's open source repository on GitHub.
Zillow, Intuit, and Zalando are some of the popular companies that use Apache Maven, whereas AWS CodeBuild is used by Convox, Volta Industries, and ChromaDex. Apache Maven has a broader approval, being mentioned in 305 company stacks & 142 developers stacks; compared to AWS CodeBuild, which is listed in 21 company stacks and 14 developer stacks.
Pros of AWS CodeBuild
- Pay per minute7
- Parameter Store integration for passing secrets5
- Integrated with AWS4
- Bit bucket integration3
- Streaming logs to Amazon CloudWatch3
- AWS Config and Config rule integration for compliance2
- GitHub Webhooks support2
- VPC PrivateLinks to invoke service without internet2
- Windows/.NET support1
- Jenkins plugin integration1
- Ondemand scaling of build jobs1
- Scheduled builds with CloudWatch Events integration1
- Local build debug support1
- Native support for accessing Amazon VPC resources1
- Docker based build environment1
- Support for bringing custom Docker images1
- Fully managed (no installation/updates, servers to mai1
- PCI, SOC, ISO, HIPAA compliant1
- Full API/SDKs/CLI support1
- YAML based configuration1
- Great support (forums, premium support, SO, GitHub)1
- Perpetual free tier option (100 mins/month)1
- GitHub Enterprise support1
Pros of Apache Maven
- Dependency management136
- Necessary evil71
- I’d rather code my app, not my build60
- Publishing packaged artifacts48
- Convention over configuration43
- Modularisation18
- Consistency across builds11
- Prevents overengineering using scripting6
- Runs Tests4
- Lot of cool plugins4
- Extensible3
- Hard to customize2
- Runs on Linux2
- Runs on OS X1
- Slow incremental build1
- Inconsistent buillds1
- Undeterminisc1
- Good IDE tooling1
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Cons of AWS CodeBuild
- Poor branch support1
Cons of Apache Maven
- Complex6
- Inconsistent buillds1
- Not many plugin-alternatives0
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