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"A great resource for anyone wishing to learn how to integrate Ant into his personal set of best practices for software configuration management solutions."

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The most widely used build tool for Java projects, Ant is cross-platform, extensible, simple, and fast. It scales from small personal projects to large, multi-team J2EE projects. And, most important, it's easy to learn.
Java Development with Ant systematically explores what Ant can do, and how to apply it to your project. Whether you are new to Ant, or an experienced user, this book will show you powerful and creative uses for Ant.
The book emphasizes basic concepts you need to know to effectively use Ant starting with Ant's XML-driven build process. It leads you step-by-step through everything you need to know to compile, test, package and deploy an application. It then guides you through the maze of more complex situations common in larger projects such as enterprise Java applications and Web Services.
With this book you will gain access to a powerful tool to automatically build, test and deploy your Java software, no matter how simple or complex it might be.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   6 of 6 people found the following review helpful: This book is a must, 5 Nov 2002 By A Customer If you are using Ant, you need this book. There are two main reasons: 1) This is a well-written book. 2) The online documentation for Ant simply sucks. The book is good for both novice and intermediate Ant users. I expect that even expert Ant users will find this book useful. I have given it 5 stars because I feel this book is necessary for any serious Ant user. However, if 4 and a half stars were possible, that would be my rating. This is because the book focuses a bit too much on using Ant for server-side Java development. I am developing mainly applets and the book does not have much to say about that. But it doesn't change the fact that it is a good book.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   4 of 4 people found the following review helpful: At last a guide to more advanced features of Ant, 12 Mar 2003 By  "andy_bowes" - See all my reviews I have been using Ant for a couple of years now and thought that I knew it fairly well. This book has opened up a whole new perspective on Ant's capabilities and allowed me to go back and refine my existing build files to incorporate the gems that this book imparts. It certainly takes Ant beyond the build, test and deploy cycle into areas that include automatic code generation and tight integration with the XP methodology. As other reviewers have said, this book really is essential reading for anyone who is even considering using Ant. Probably the best technical book that I have bought in years.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   3 of 3 people found the following review helpful: Excellent, 4 Feb 2003 By  Forty runner (Brighton) - See all my reviews This book doesn't just cover the basics but also goes into detail about Unit Testing, Web services etc. It's very clear and well written. Highly recommended.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this) › See all 7 customer reviews...		Most Recent Customer Reviews An Excellent book on ANT The is the one and only book you require if your using ANT and Java. Believe me when I say that it is an excellent and thorough book that has almost everything, And it has served... Read more Published 10 months ago by Tom Very thorough but disappointed with some of the examples This book gives a thorough presentation of Ant, it's features and they way they are used. However I was disappointed with the tutorial aspects of it. Read more Published on 22 Jun 2003 At last...a book that makes Ant seem easy In the past I’ve struggled to get to grips with Ant but this book has made Ant very easy to understand. Read more Published on 7 May 2003 by Bill Matthews Excellent Ant book, whether you're a beginner or a poweruser I must say this book has helped me incredible over the last week and a half. I was already a user of Ant, but this book has given me many hints on how to make my build scripts... Read more Published on 14 Dec 2002 by c_macmahon Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews › See all 7 customer reviews...