Build and Package the Code

• For any application, developers write code and customers use application. What happens in between is different for different application types
• What are different Application Types?
  • Thick Client/Desktop Applications:
    • Examples: Chrome Browser, Microsoft Word, VLC Media Player
  • Thin Client/Web Based Applications:
    • Examples: Facebook.com, Amazon.com etc.
  • Mobile Applications:
    • Examples: Whatsapp, moneycontrol etc

Thin Client Application Build or Packaging

• Code is compiled and then a package suitable to app/web server is created

• Then this package is deployed on the app/web server

• Deploy is copying the code and if required configuring the app/web server

• Java-Maven into tomcat Example

  • Get the code
  • compile the code mvn compile
  • package the code mvn package
  • Now copy the war file to <tomcat-dir>/webapps

• Dotnet Example into IIS Server

  • Get the code
  • Compile the code msbuild <path to code csproj/sln>
  • Package the code msbuild /t:publish
  • Now take this package and copy into C:\inetpub and configure the IIS server

Exercises

• Exercise-1: Find the Steps to deploy the java application into jboss
• Exercise-2: Find the Steps to deploy the python application into apache webserver