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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
Author Steve Holzner is an award-winning author who s been writing about Java topics since the language first appeared; his books have sold more than 1.5 million copies worldwide.
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As the most widely used tool for cross-platform development, Ant has undergone a number of important changes in its functionality and use since its launch. Ant: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition has been reworked to reflect these changes for Java developers everywhere. Topics covered include everything from downloading and installing, to using Ant to build Web applications, to using Ant to test code.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good but not a reference,
This review is from: Ant: The Definitive Guide (Paperback)
This book give clear examples of how to implement various ant scripts.
Lets face it the ant documentation web site isn't terribly clear. However, this is not an O'Reilly reference book, its a bunch of tutorials. If your stuck with ant, then this book will help. It is not the be all and end all that your probably hoping for. That being said, used in conjunction with the ant documentation on the apache site, then you've got a winner. shame the author didn't think of doing that, if he'd made this a reference with examples then I'd have given this book the other 2 stars.
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3.8 out of 5 stars (16 customer reviews) 29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A *Guide*, not a *Reference*,
By J. Malin "Google technical writer" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Ant: The Definitive Guide (Paperback)
This book is exactly what it's title says: a *guide* to using Apache Ant, particularly for Java development. Note, though, that it is *not* a *reference*. It does not describe each Ant task in detail, nor does it document all the allowable Ant XML elements.
That's why I was disappointed with this book, and only gave it three stars. O'Reilly has an unfortunate habit of giving the same type of title to any of its books on a subject, regardless of their real content. Thus, "HTML and XHTML: The Definitive Guide" is a both a *guide* and a *reference*, and pretty much the only HTML book you need. "Ant", on the other hand, really needs a companion reference for more experienced Ant users. Anyone who uses Ant soon realizes that the online documentation is less than stellar. This book is a necessary starting point for Ant; now we need more! Ant, after all, is worth documenting, since it's *much* better than any alternative out there. 9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good for getting acquainted with Ant,
By Douglas Welzel - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Ant: The Definitive Guide (Paperback)
If you've never used Ant before, this is the book for you. It covers basic Ant concepts and enough of Ant usage so that you know where to look when you need more help. When you're done with this book you'll know how to set up basic builds, run unit tests and integrate with various environments such as Eclipse.
That said, I find the book frustrating because of its guide nature. Nothing in the book is laid out in a way that makes it easy to use as a reference. Even when you go to a chapter on a particular topic, the information you need quickly is presented in the right form. Now that I'm familiar with Ant I find using online references adequate for just about everything. 8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Completely different from the first edition...,
By Eric Wuehler - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Ant: The Definitive Guide (Paperback)
I have the first edition, which is more of a "how to use ant" book. The second edition is a "how to make ant useful" book. In that way, the second edition is completely different from the first. The chapters are "task" oriented as opposed to descriptions of Ant APIs. For example, "Deploying Builds" covers various Ant tasks and properties that will help you put together an Ant build.xml to deploy a build. An easy way to see if the book will work for you is to check the chapter headings.
Well written and pretty comprehensive - whether you're already comfortable with ant or new to ant, this is definately a great book to pick up. |
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