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| <H1>About Antidote</H1> |
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| <P>Version 0.1 (2001/02/13)</P> |
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| <P>Authors: |
| <A HREF="mailto:simeon@fitch.net">Simeon H.K. Fitch</A> |
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| <H2>Overview</H2> |
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| <P>Antidote is the <A |
| HREF="http://jakarta.apache.org/ant/index.html">Ant</A> subproject |
| for developing a graphical user interface to facilitate the |
| efficient use of Ant. In general, its purpose is to allow the |
| quick generation, modification, and use of Ant build files, |
| helping the user define a build process and track down build |
| problems. It is not meant to be an IDE, but an enabler for the |
| powerful features available in Ant, particularly for novice |
| users, or users who want a rapid way of controlling their build |
| process.</P> |
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| <H2>Status</H2> |
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| <P>Antidote is still in the early stages of development, but does |
| have a set of usable features, including: |
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| <LI>Reading Ant build files.</LI> |
| <LI>Selecting targets and executing them.</LI> |
| <LI>Context highlighted build status console.</LI> |
| <LI>Modification of (some) build file components.</LI> |
| <LI>Saving modified build file.</LI> |
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| <P>Current development tasks include: |
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| <LI>A more complete set of target and task editing |
| capabilities.</LI> |
| <LI>A wizard for creating basic build files, including importing |
| existing code bases.</LI> |
| <LI>Better build progress monitoring.</LI> |
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| <P>The Antidote source distribution comes with requirements and |
| design documentation that better cover the details of application |
| architecture, how to develop against it, and what the long term |
| goals are. Furthermore, there is a <code>TODO</code> file listing |
| the detailed, near-term tasks that need accomplishing.</P> |
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| <H2>Getting Involved</H2> |
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| <P>The source code for Antidote is located in a separate Module |
| (<a href="http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs/jakarta-ant-antidote/">jakarta-ant-antidote</a>) in CVS. |
| All the existing documentation can |
| be found there where new contributors should read: |
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| <LI><A HREF="http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs/~checkout~/jakarta-ant-antidote/docs/developer/design/design-overview.html">Design Overview</A></LI> |
| <LI><A HREF="http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs/~checkout~/jakarta-ant-antidote/docs/developer/design/gui-requirements.html">Feature List</A></LI> |
| <LI><A HREF="http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs/~checkout~/jakarta-ant-antidote/docs/developer/design/gui-ideas.txt">Idea Refinement</A></LI> |
| <LI><A HREF="http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs/~checkout~/jakarta-ant-antidote/docs/developer/design/new-module-howto.html">New Module HOWTO</A></LI> |
| <LI><A HREF="http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs/~checkout~/jakarta-ant-antidote/docs/developer/design/uml/index.html">Static Class Diagrams</A></LI> |
| </UL> |
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| <P>Online discussions about Antidote occur on the <A |
| HREF="http://jakarta.apache.org/site/mail.html">jakarta-ant |
| mailing list</A>. The application infrastructure is fairly |
| complete, but there are almost unlimited opportunities for feature |
| contributions. |
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| <P>Aspiring contributors new to the Jakarta Project should |
| (carefully) read the following for details on the contribution |
| process: |
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| <LI><A |
| HREF="http://jakarta.apache.org/site/getinvolved.html">Get |
| Involved</A></LI> |
| <LI><A |
| HREF="http://jakarta.apache.org/site/guidelines.html">Project |
| Guidelines</A></LI> |
| <LI><A HREF="http://jakarta.apache.org/site/source.html">Source |
| Repositories (how to contribute patches)</A></LI> |
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