Java Development with Ant
ASIN: 1930110588
Average Customer Review: 4.5, based on 33 reviews.
Customer reviews (5 of 33)
Great reference on Ant, 2007-05-31, Rating: 5.
I read the first 4 chapters of this book to get a basic understanding of Ant. Since my employer already uses Ant, the skills that I need is to understand an Ant build file and how to modify it to satisfy new requirements. Using this book as my only Ant's reference, I could find a solution for any requirement that I was asked to implement. Maybe it's not the best solution, but it works.
Excellent, 2006-06-30, Rating: 5.
Sorry for the short review...
I was completely new to Ant before buying this book, now I feel like an expert. It's a very well structured book. If you want to know what Ant is all about, just read the first part of the book. If you want to know how to do some more advanced stuff, this book covers it all.
I'm going to now be using Ant as my deployment tool in development and production, dealing with static content, CVS, Struts, and more.
I was completely new to Ant before buying this book, now I feel like an expert. It's a very well structured book. If you want to know what Ant is all about, just read the first part of the book. If you want to know how to do some more advanced stuff, this book covers it all.
I'm going to now be using Ant as my deployment tool in development and production, dealing with static content, CVS, Struts, and more.
One of my top 5 Java books, 2006-01-03, Rating: 5.
Ant is a great tool that lets you pretty much automate any process- whether Java build-related or not. This book is then THE one-and-only book to buy - it serves as a tutorial AND a reference. The author's breadth of knowledge on Ant is amazing and the examples he presents are wonderful.
The key areas I found the book very helpful on were
1) JUnit integration & report creation (using XDoclet /JUnitReport)
2) Deployment-related activities
3) Breaking out commonly used Ant targets for reuse
But there is so much more - my edition has been well thumbed
and has many yellow post-it notes for quick lookup.
Based on what I've learned in this book I've been able to quickly and easily integrate the following components into my build process
1) Checkstyle (syntax checker)
2) PMD ("bad practice" checker)
3) JUnit & Clover (code coverage)
4) JDepend (Class interdependcy reporting)
5) Javadoc
6) An automated nightly build of the code and deployment to WebSphere
I can't say enough about this book - but I would be lost without it and thus am loathe to lend it. If you use Ant or WANT to use Ant then buy this book.
The key areas I found the book very helpful on were
1) JUnit integration & report creation (using XDoclet /JUnitReport)
2) Deployment-related activities
3) Breaking out commonly used Ant targets for reuse
But there is so much more - my edition has been well thumbed
and has many yellow post-it notes for quick lookup.
Based on what I've learned in this book I've been able to quickly and easily integrate the following components into my build process
1) Checkstyle (syntax checker)
2) PMD ("bad practice" checker)
3) JUnit & Clover (code coverage)
4) JDepend (Class interdependcy reporting)
5) Javadoc
6) An automated nightly build of the code and deployment to WebSphere
I can't say enough about this book - but I would be lost without it and thus am loathe to lend it. If you use Ant or WANT to use Ant then buy this book.
Highly useful book, 2005-11-21, Rating: 5.
Best of genre - don't waste your money on that junk by A.T. Bell - buy this instead.
Wow, I never would have thought ant was so rich, 2005-06-03, Rating: 4.
Ant to me was just a build script, nothing more or less. I got curious about what you can do with ant and figured, how could you make a full book with this topic. I am floored with all the aspects of this tool. How easy it is to make a build, deploy it to any number of servers, then test to make sure your install is complete. And that is still a small portion of what is possible with ant. If you are an experienced java developer looking for an easy way to automate your daily routine this is the book and topic for you.
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