Helm vs. NuGet

Deployment of helm charts is really fundamental to any software packages to our Kubernetes/docker containers, and without Helm, I cannot imagine how else to manage software components upgrades. When it works, it works great, when it doesn't - the world has not come to an end, there is rollback, and it's great, but troubleshooting does take time. And there is a learning curve. But it be worth it.

Incentivized

If you're working on some .NET Framework / .NET Core projects, there's no other real choice here. NuGet works well, the heavy reliance on built-in GUI makes it friendly & easy-to-learn for new people, especially those who haven't been used to dependency management topics. But for those coming from the Java world, who are already spoiled by text-based Maven / Ivy, then NuGet could be a chore to work on a daily basis.

Incentivized

• Infrastructure duplication
• Customization of environments
• Applying of security updates

Incentivized

• The built-in package explorer / manager in Visual Studio work reliably
• Integration with popular web-based repository manager is good
• Command-line options are enough even for complex use cases like publishing to private, credentials-protected repositories

Incentivized

• It would be great if there is verbose mode in Helm errors. Not sure if it's a thing. But more detail in the errors do helps, at times.

Incentivized

• Incomplete download resume in case of network disruptions
• Adding user friendly platform to add and update the packages
• Package creation option in Visual Studio

Incentivized

We didn't really need support, but the open-source community seemed responsive and informative when it came to issues. Many cloud native consultancy companies (including ourselves) offer support for Helm.

Incentivized

We have a natural trending to use what is a reference in its space and Helm has being leader in its area for a long time. Since it has all features we need didn't make sense to us to invest time on researching and testing other alternatives, so Helm was our first and only tool in regards of automating deployments on Kubernetes

Incentivized

Didn't use another package manager as NuGet was our favorite since the beginning.

Incentivized

• developer velocity
• uptime

Incentivized

• Saves a rework by sharing the common functionalities across the projects
• Helped to optimize the given package using a central repository
• Helped to make use of existing useful packages

Incentivized