Pro Apache Ant - Matthew Moodie
Matthew Moodie
APress,US (1 Nov 2005)
ISBN-10: 1590595599
ISBN-13: 978-1590595596
360 pages
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About: Pro Apache Ant - Matthew Moodie Ant is one of those technologies that has an excellent manual and API online . This sets a higher standard for a book so as not to just duplicate the Internet content. "Pro Apache Ant" meets this challenge. The author walks you through a good number of the Ant tasks with examples and tips. The attributes are provided for common tasks, so you have a physical reference. The author refers you to the manual for some of the less common tasks. A summary of ant-contrib is provided since it is such a standard library. The author points to the Internet for a list of optional tasks. This book assumes you know Java and the packaging process. In other words, you should know what a jar and war are to understand the sample application. After walking through the common tasks and incrementally building a sample build.xml, the author delves into some more advanced topics. Included are how to refactor a build file, accommodate large projects, custom tasks, mappers and how to use the Ant API from a Java program. The book doesn't have any fluff. It starts with an introduction to Ant and Ant's benefits. After a detailed explanation of how to install Ant, you see the first Ant task. I recommend "Pro Apache Ant" if you are getting started with Ant or want to know how to use it more powerfully.
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Matthew Moodie Matthew Moodie was a technical and developmental editor for two and a half years, and recently served as Editor for Beginning JSP 2: From Novice to Professional and Foundations of JSP Design Patterns, both published by Apress.Latest Offers
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