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by Steve Loughran (Author), Erik Hatcher (Author)
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  • Paperback: 600 pages
  • Publisher: Manning Publications; 2 edition (12 Jul 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 193239480X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1932394801
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 18.8 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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This second edition of a Manning bestseller has been revised and re-titled to fit the 'In Action' Series by Steve Loughran, an Ant project committer. Ant in Action introduces Ant and how to use it for test-driven Java application development. Ant itself is moving to v1.7, a major revision, at the end of 2006 so the timing for the book is right. A single application of increasing complexity, followed throughout the book, shows how an application evolves and how to handle the problems of building and testing. Reviewers have praised the book's coverage of large-projects, Ant's advanced features, and the details and depth of the discussion-all unavailable elsewhere.

This is a major revision with the second half of the book completely new, including:

  • How to Manage Big projects
  • Library management
  • Enterprise Java
  • Continuous integration
  • Deployment
  • Writing new Ant tasks and datatypes

    About the Author
    Steve Loughran has been an active user and developer of Ant since the year 2000, a committer on the project since 2001, and a member of the Apache Software Foundation since 2004. He regularly lectures on the problems of big-system builds, distributed testing, and deployment. He is a research scientist at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories in Bristol, UK.

    Erik Hatcher is an active Ant project developer and maintains jGuru's Ant FAQ and Forum. Erik has written articles for WebReview.com, IBM developerWorks, and JavaPro. His other open-source efforts currently include Lucene, XDoclet, and his own blogger, BlogScene. He is also the co-author of Manning's "Lucene in Action". Erik lives in Charlottesville, VA.

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    5.0 out of 5 stars Great book that made me a master of Ant, 11 April 2009
    By Mr. Jeremy Flowers "Looking for Java work" (Milton Keynes, UK) - See all my reviews
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    I highly recommend this book. Most up to date of the bunch. Covers Ant 1.7.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars The best book on Ant yet., 26 Feb 2009
    By Neil Ford "Neil" (London) - See all my reviews
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    As a professional build manager I use ant extensively. The first edition of this book was extremely useful, and the second is now right up-to-date (ant 1.7.0) and even better. Its strengths are that it goes beyond reference and instructs us how to architect a serious build system for java and j2EE applications. The later chapters that discuss deployment and the critical topic of dependency management (with Ivy) are extremely useful. The authors are particularly balanced in their consideration of other tools such as Maven.

    As a reference and cook book its rich in examples and detail: ideal for the learner as well as the more experience practitioner. If you find yourself in the position of having to choose a build tool then then book will give you the requisite background to make an informed decision.

    Its unlikely that there will be a better Ant book until someone gets around to a 3rd Edition!
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