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Maven vs SCons

A side-by-side look at Maven and SCons. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Maven

Maven

Development

Maven is a build automation tool used primarily for Java projects. It handles downloading dependencies, building, testing, and packaging Java code. Maven emphasizes convention over configuration, with sensible defaults to reduce setup time for builds.

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SCons

SCons

Development

SCons is an open source software construction tool that is used to build software applications and libraries. It is written in Python and uses Python scripts for its configuration files making it easy to customize and extend.

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