Your build artifacts are saved within the ./build directory, along side the compiled deployed contract artifacts in ./build/contracts.
What exactly are these artifacts?
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It saves the ABI, application binary interface of the contract and other info related to the contract. Open the contract_name.json in the ./build/contracts you can see all the information about the contract. If you want to deploy the contract again, then you don't have to compile it again, the contract bytecode from the contract_name.json file will be used.
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1Is there a way to replace those artifacts with the ones generated by Remix IDE? – Ruham Oct 21 '18 at 19:30
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1So you could say... artifacts are compiled contracts? – Markus Kottländer Aug 27 '20 at 09:18
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Yeah, but what is an artifact, I beleive the question is still not answered. – Moisés Briseño Estrello Apr 09 '21 at 06:01
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The more comprehensive explanation can be found here: What are Artifacts
In short, truffle artifact is a JSON bundle that contains a lot of useful information related to a contract like the ABI, the contract bytecode, the deployment details, compiler version, etc...
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Artifacts are simply the JSON files of the contracts. the meaning of artifact in software is anything that is created so a piece of software can be developed.
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