Curious question for the masters of sdf here, what...
# sdfe
eminero
12/06/2022, 2:07 PMCurious question for the masters of sdf here, what is the main advantage of using sdf over bundles for customizations/suiteapps? Most of the times I see a lot of issues reported when trying to create stuff using sdf. Is there a specific reason to choose sdf over bundles?
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Shawn Talbert
12/06/2022, 5:50 PMto me probably the biggest reason is lack of control. Bundles rely on some other nebulous netsuite account and the details of the bundle cannot be version controlled. SDF gives us a text file representation which can be versioned, and even diff'd in most cases. Being able to version your customizations in the same repository as your code is a big step towards improved software configuration management.
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Shawn Talbert
12/06/2022, 5:51 PMSecondarily, bundles installed into their own unique numeric folders - we typically develop in subfolders of SuiteScripts so the mismatch is another big minus in my book.
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Shawn Talbert
12/06/2022, 5:51 PMi.e. with SDF files generally get deployed to the same location on your development environment as on production.
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Shawn Talbert
12/06/2022, 5:53 PMThird, SDF supports command-line operation which makes it possible to automate deployments with CI/CD tooling - both the deployment content (deploy.xml) as well as the physical deployment can be automated.
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Shawn Talbert
12/06/2022, 5:56 PMFor all these reasons (and more) I avoid bundles for anything SDF can do instead.
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eminero
12/06/2022, 6:47 PMHa! Very interesting insights @Shawn Talbert Thanks for sharing!
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darrenhillconsulting
12/07/2022, 6:29 PMWhat @Shawn Talbert said
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