Python or Ant

[Javier Collado]

Hello,

One tool that I really like is doit:
http://python-doit.sourceforge.net/

If you need to execute jobs remotely, you may like to take a look at STAF:
http://staf.sourceforge.net/index.php

Best regards,
    Javier

2010/1/26 Chris Rebert <clp2 at rebertia.com>:
> On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 10:58 AM,  <gslindstrom at gmail.com> wrote:
>> My company is looking at creating a tool to allow us to define and manage a
>> process for each job we run (a typical job may be look on a customers ftp
>> site for a file, download it, decrypt it and load it into our database). We
>> would like something which would allow us to glue together various existing
>> processes we currently use into a single unit with multiple steps. Along the
>> way, this new routine would need to log its progress and be able to report
>> and even handle errors. A coworker has suggested we look at Ant ("Another
>> Neat Tool") and, though it looks promising, I have reservations. If I recall
>> correctly, it was intended as a replacement for "Make" and I worry that we
>> may be trying to force Ant to be something it is not. Also, most of our code
>> base is in Python and I'd really like to stay that way, of possible.
>>
>> Are there any systems out there that will allow me to run multiple programs
>> as one process? We could write our own, of course, and the Twisted package
>> looks like it would be fun to use. Or, is Ant a viable solution to our
>> problem?
>>
>> Your constructive comments would be appreciated
>
> There are several make-replacements written in Python. They could be an option.
>
> Here's a list of some of them (courtesy some googling):
> - Paver (http://www.blueskyonmars.com/projects/paver/)
> - SCons (http://www.scons.org/)
> - Vellum (https://launchpad.net/vellum)
> - Aap (http://www.a-a-p.org/)
>
> (List is in no particular order and likely incomplete; I have not
> tried any of these myself.)
>
> Cheers,
> Chris
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