Book description
Soon after its launch, Ant succeeded in taking the Java world by storm, becoming the most widely used tool for building applications in Java environments. Like most popular technologies, Ant quickly went through a series of early revision cycles. With each new version, more functionality was added, and more complexity was introduced. Ant evolved from a simple-to-learn build tool into a full-fledged testing and deployment environment.Ant: The Definitive Guide has been reworked, revised and expanded upon to reflect this evolution. It documents the new ways that Ant is being applied, as well as the array of optional tasks that Ant supports. In fact, this new second edition covers everything about this extraordinary build management tool from downloading and installing, to using Ant to test code. Here are just of a few of the features you'll find detailed in this comprehensive, must-have guide:
- Developing conditional builds, and handling error conditions
- Automatically retrieving source code from version control systems
- Using Ant with XML files
- Using Ant with JavaServer Pages to build Web applications
- Using Ant with Enterprise JavaBeans to build enterprise applications
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Table of contents
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Ant: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition
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- A Note Regarding Supplemental Files
- Preface
- 1. Getting Started
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2. Using Properties and Types
- 2.1. Using Properties to Control Tasks
- 2.2. Using Property Files
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2.3. Handling Data Using Types
- 2.3.1. Path-Like Structures
- 2.3.2. Working with Groups of Files
- 2.3.3. Working with Groups of Directories
- 2.3.4. Creating Lists of Files
- 2.3.5. Working with Patterns
- 2.3.6. Selectors
- 2.3.7. File Filters
- 2.3.8. Filtering and Modifying Text with FilterChains and FilterReaders
- 2.3.9. Transforming One Set of Files to Another with Mappers
- 3. Building Java Code
- 4. Deploying Builds
- 5. Testing Builds with JUnit
- 6. Getting Source Code from CVS Repositories
- 7. Executing External Programs
- 8. Developing for the Web
- 9. XML and XDoclet
- 10. Optional Tasks
- 11. Integrating Ant with Eclipse
- 12. Extending Ant
- About the Author
- Colophon
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Product information
- Title: Ant: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: April 2005
- Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
- ISBN: 9780596552534
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