We saw in the previous example how we can retrieve metadata from a sandbox and deploy to a local environment. We can use Eclipse to edit and make changes in code or add new feature code. Developers can use the Force.com migration plugin to sync metadata with a workspace in Eclipse. After making changes in code, developers can deploy changes on a test/UAT sandbox. We can use the Force.com Migration Tool to deploy changes to the sandbox.
We will go through the common procedure to deploy metadata to a Salesforce organization from a local machine using the Ant Migration Tool. To provide access to the sandbox, we need to add sandbox credentials in the build.properties file as we provided credentials in Step 3 in the Retrieve metadata from sandbox section previously. The value of the Sf.serverurl field will depend on where you want to deploy your...