Salesforce - How to Deploy between Environments (Sandboxes, Live etc)

Question

We\'re looking into setting up a proper deployment process.

From what I\'ve read there seems to be 4 methods of doing this.

1. Copy & Paste -- We don\'t w

Answer 1

I recommend the Force.com Migration Tool.

For reference:

• Force.com Migration Tool Documentation
• Migration Tool Guide

The Migration Tool allows you to use ant targets to move your metadata between salesforce.com organzations.