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What is Buildout?

Buildout is a Python-based build system for creating, assembling and deploying applications from multiple parts, some of which may be non-Python-based. It lets you create a buildout configuration and reproduce the same software later.

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Buildout is a Python-based build system for creating, assembling and deploying applications from multiple parts, some of which may be non-Python-based. It lets you create a buildout configuration and reproduce the same software later.


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Zope Foundation

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The Zope Foundation is a non-profit organization that supports the development and dissemination of Zope—an open-source web application server and content management framework. With a longstanding presence in the open-source community, Zope is designed to create powerful web applications rapidly and collaboratively. The platform is known for its robustness, scalability, and a flexible programming model based on Python.Through its website https://www.zope.org, the Zope Foundation provides resources, documentation, and community support to developers and organizations utilizing Zope technology. The site also acts as a central hub for downloading software releases, accessing development tools, and participating in community forums. The Foundation promotes the development of Zope by fostering an inclusive and collaborative environment, where contributors can work together to enhance the platform and ensure it meets the evolving needs of the tech community.

Recent Buildout Reviews

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Verified UserMid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
3.5 out of 5
"Python-based open source CI project, which has lots of recipes"
I have used Buildout at two companies that I have worked for and found it be an extremely powerful CI tool. Being an open source tool there is a le...
John M.
JM
John M.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Buildout - the easy way to deploy Django apps"
Buildout is open source and extremely flexible. It also has a large number or third party add ons that make it easy to integrate any workflow you w...
Encolpe D.
ED
Encolpe D.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
3.5 out of 5
"A good deployement product"
It is focused on repeatable deployment. You can put it on the top of a blank operating system and build your whole platform with it. It is not limi...

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What do you like best about Buildout?

Buildout is open source and extremely flexible. It also has a large number or third party add ons that make it easy to integrate any workflow you want. I use buildout with a modified django recipe to deploy app 'snaphots' to our servers that can be rolled back or forward if there are any app errors. I also integrate with Newrelic's API, Github and Buildbot as part of a continuous deployment system that allows any developer on the team to deploy to live or test environments in a matter of seconds. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Buildout?

The only issue I have with Buildout is it's builtin dependency on Pypi. There have been issues where Pypi has been down (once or twice a year) and we have been unable to bootstrap apps. Fortunately such issues are usually easy to work around for me but they have occasionally interfered with development.. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Buildout:

Tried and tested. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Buildout solving and how is that benefiting you?

Our developers are able to deploy to multiple environments without any delays. We are easily able to integrate with other systems and services to allow proper audits, monitoring and testing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Encolpe D.
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Internet
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What do you like best about Buildout?

It is focused on repeatable deployment. You can put it on the top of a blank operating system and build your whole platform with it. It is not limited on python, you can easily deploy other languages and configure complex softwares. As it makes repeatable deployment, it is perfect for continuous integration and testing.

It also be able to prepare offline release for systems on isolated networks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Buildout?

Poor documentation based on python doctest. Some features are not explained or are hide in the code. The learning curve quickly reach a ceiling if you're not able to RTSL. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Buildout solving and how is that benefiting you?

It makes fast and reliable deployment on projects that need reactivity. You can easily push 10 versions a day on offline sytems. You can also detect regression before making release.

Migration to the next major release was also painless. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Computer Software
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What do you like best about Buildout?

Extremely configurable for any python project to have your project working in any environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Buildout?

Very little documentation! It's pretty hard to learn how to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Buildout:

Difficult to get into but well worth it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Buildout solving and how is that benefiting you?

Managing dependencies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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