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| <author email="bodewig@apache.org">Stefan Bodewig</author> |
| <title>Resources</title> |
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| <body> |
| <section name="FAQs"> |
| <subsection name="At Ant's website"> |
| |
| <p>Starting with the release of Ant 1.4 the Ant's FAQ is |
| bundled with the distribution, the most recent version can |
| always be found at the website.</p> |
| |
| <table> |
| <tr> |
| <th>FAQ:</th> |
| <td><a href="faq.html">http://jakarta.apache.org/ant/faq.html</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| </subsection> |
| |
| <subsection name="jGuru"> |
| <p>jGuru hosts an interactive Ant discussion forum and FAQ system</p> |
| |
| <table> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Forum:</th> |
| <td><a href="http://www.jguru.com/forums/home.jsp?topic=Ant">http://www.jguru.com/forums/home.jsp?topic=Ant</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>FAQ:</th> |
| <td><a href="http://www.jguru.com/faq/home.jsp?topic=Ant">http://www.jguru.com/faq/home.jsp?topic=Ant</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| </subsection> |
| </section> |
| |
| <section name="Books"> |
| <subsection name="Java Tools for eXtreme Programming"> |
| <p>This book covers the following XP subjects: |
| <ul> |
| <li>Automated unit and functional testing</li> |
| <li>Continuous integration through build and deployment automation</li> |
| <li>The value of refactoring and continuous integration</li> |
| <li>How Ant, JUnit, JUnitPerf, Cactus, HTTPUnit, and JMeter |
| can be used to achieve the goals of the XP methodology</li> |
| </ul> |
| </p> |
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| <table> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Authors:</th> |
| <td>Richard Hightower and Nicholas Lesiecki</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>URL:</th> |
| <td><a href="http://www.wiley.com/cda/product/0,,047120708X,00.html">http://www.wiley.com/cda/product/0,,047120708X,00.html</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| </subsection> |
| </section> |
| |
| <section name="Articles and Presentations"> |
| |
| <p>The following sections list articles and presentations written about Apache Ant. If |
| you've written something that should be included, please post it to one |
| of the mailing lists.</p> |
| |
| </section> |
| |
| <section name="Articles"> |
| |
| <subsection name="Ant in Anger: Using Ant in a Production Development |
| System"> |
| <p>This document describes strategies and some basic examples of how to |
| use Ant in larger team development projects.</p> |
| |
| <table> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Author:</th> |
| <td><a href="mailto:steve_l@iseran.com">Steve Loughran</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>URL:</th> |
| <td><a href="ant_in_anger.html">http://jakarta.apache.org/ant/ant_in_anger.html</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| </subsection> |
| |
| <subsection name="Ant Task Guidelines"> |
| <p>This document describes how to write custom Ant tasks, and how to submit |
| them to potentially be included in Ant.</p> |
| |
| <table> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Author:</th> |
| <td><a href="mailto:steve_l@iseran.com">Steve Loughran</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>URL:</th> |
| <td><a href="ant_task_guidelines.html">http://jakarta.apache.org/ant/ant_task_guidelines.html</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| </subsection> |
| |
| <subsection name="Automating the build and test process"> |
| <p>This article demonstrates an approach to the automated build and test process. Working with Ant 1.3 and the JUnit test framework, it shows how to automate a process that captures pertinent information about each test suite run, generates an attractive report, and e-mails the report.</p> |
| |
| <table> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Author:</th> |
| <td><a href="mailto:ehatcher@apache.org">Erik Hatcher</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>URL:</th> |
| <td><a href="http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-junitmail/">http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-junitmail/</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| </subsection> |
| |
| <subsection name="Incremental development with Ant and JUnit"> |
| <p>This article explores the benefits of unit testing with Ant and |
| JUnit, detailing how to develop automated unit tests and integrate them |
| into your build process.</p> |
| |
| <table> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Author:</th> |
| <td><a href="mailto:malcolm@nuearth.com">Malcolm Davis</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>URL:</th> |
| <td><a href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/j-ant/?dwzone=java">http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/j-ant/?dwzone=java</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| </subsection> |
| |
| <subsection name="Automate your build process using Java and Ant"> |
| <p>This article provides an introduction to using Ant with some basic |
| examples and by highlighting some of the important tasks.</p> |
| |
| <table> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Author:</th> |
| <td><a href="mailto:michael.cymerman@javaworld.com">Michael Cymerman</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>URL:</th> |
| <td><a href="http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-10-2000/jw-1020-ant.html">http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-10-2000/jw-1020-ant.html</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| </subsection> |
| |
| <subsection name="Short tutorial in Cactus' (formerly J2EEUnit) |
| documentation"> |
| <p>There is a short tutorial on how to use Ant in Cactus' |
| documentation. It has a slant towards build files that will be used |
| with Cactus.</p> |
| |
| <table> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Author:</th> |
| <td>Cactus development team</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>URL:</th> |
| <td><a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/cactus/howto_ant_primer.html">http://jakarta.apache.org/cactus/howto_ant_primer.html</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| </subsection> |
| |
| <subsection name="Developing custom Ant tasks with VisualAge for Java"> |
| <p>This article outlines how to integrate Ant into VisualAge for Java, |
| and how to write and debug custom tasks using the IDE and the |
| integrated debugger.</p> |
| |
| <table> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Author:</th> |
| <td><a href="mailto:glenn@somanetworks.com">Glenn McAllister</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>URL:</th> |
| <td><a href="http://www7.software.ibm.com/vad.nsf/data/document2366?OpenDocument&p=1&BCT=1&Footer=1">http://www7.software.ibm.com/vad.nsf/data/document2366?OpenDocument&p=1&BCT=1&Footer=1</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| </subsection> |
| |
| <subsection name="Automated builds with VisualAge for Java and Ant"> |
| <p>This article shows how you can perform command line builds with a |
| VisualAge for Java repository.</p> |
| |
| <table> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Author:</th> |
| <td><a href="mailto:glenn@somanetworks.com">Glenn McAllister</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>URL:</th> |
| <td><a href="http://www7.software.ibm.com/vad.nsf/Data/Document4366?OpenDocument&p=1&BCT=3&Footer=1">http://www7.software.ibm.com/vad.nsf/Data/Document4366?OpenDocument&p=1&BCT=3&Footer=1</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| </subsection> |
| |
| <subsection name="Ant: A Build Tool from the Jakarta Project"> |
| <p>This article is from the "Best Practices" section of |
| Sun's Dot-Com Builder Site.</p> |
| |
| <table> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Author:</th> |
| <td>Laura Geele Wang</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>URL:</th> |
| <td><a href="http://dcb.sun.com/practices/profiles/ant.jsp">http://dcb.sun.com/practices/profiles/ant.jsp</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| </subsection> |
| |
| <subsection name="Making a Mountain Out of an Anthill"> |
| <p>This article is from the June 2001 issue of the Java Developer' |
| Journal. You need to be a registered JDJ subscriber to view this |
| article.</p> |
| |
| <table> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Author:</th> |
| <td>Neal Ford</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>URL:</th> |
| <td><a href="http://www.sys-con.com/java/archivesa.cfm?volume=06&issue=06">http://www.sys-con.com/java/archivesa.cfm?volume=06&issue=06</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| </subsection> |
| |
| <subsection name="Using Ant and Weblogic EJBs"> |
| <p>This article describes how to use Ant to create Weblogic EJBs, and |
| some workarounds for issues you may encounter.</p> |
| |
| <table> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Author:</th> |
| <td>Jesse E. Tilly</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>URL:</th> |
| <td><a href="http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2001/06/25/antejb.html">http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2001/06/25/antejb.html</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| </subsection> |
| |
| <subsection name="An Introduction to Ant"> |
| <p>This article is a short introduction into the basic |
| concepts of Ant.</p> |
| |
| <table> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Author:</th> |
| <td>Jayakrishnan Nair</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>URL:</th> |
| <td><a href="http://varnam.org/articles/ant.html">http://varnam.org/articles/ant.html</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| </subsection> |
| |
| </section> |
| |
| <section name="Presentations"> |
| |
| <subsection name="Ant - presented to the Tucson Java Users Group"> |
| <p>A PowerPoint technical overview presentation on Ant. Comes complete with a straightforward example demonstrating code compilation, JAR'ing, JUnit testing, JUnit reporting, and Zipping a distribution. A few advanced topics are touched upon like property immutabality and using <antcall> to get around it, build listeners, and writing custom tasks.</p> |
| |
| <table> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Author:</th> |
| <td><a href="mailto:ehatcher@apache.org">Erik Hatcher</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>URL:</th> |
| <td><a href="http://erik.hatcher.net/ant-jug.zip">http://erik.hatcher.net/ant-jug.zip</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| </subsection> |
| |
| <subsection name="Ant Build Tool"> |
| <p>A PowerPoint presentation on Ant 1.2. It provides a basic overview |
| of Ant's capabilities.</p> |
| |
| <table> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Author:</th> |
| <td><a href="mailto:chanezon@netscape.com">Patrick Chanezon</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>URL:</th> |
| <td><a href="http://people.netscape.com/chanezon/tech/ant/ant_preso.ppt">http://people.netscape.com/chanezon/tech/ant/ant_preso.ppt</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| </subsection> |
| |
| <subsection name="Ant"> |
| <p>A detailed Ant 1.3 PowerPoint presentation, made at the St. Louis Java Users Group |
| meeting in March 2001. Includes a detailed build file and basic |
| descriptions of all the built in and optional tasks. Updated for Ant 1.4 in October 2001. |
| Available in PDF format now.</p> |
| |
| <table> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Author:</th> |
| <td>Mark Volkmann</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>URL:</th> |
| <td><a href="http://www.ociweb.com/downloads/Ant.pdf">http://www.ociweb.com/downloads/Ant.pdf</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| </subsection> |
| |
| <subsection name="Modern Development Crises"> |
| <p>This presentation is an overview of the current state of software |
| development today. There are a couple of slides that briefly cover |
| Ant.</p> |
| |
| <table> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Author:</th> |
| <td><a href="mailto:steve_l@iseran.com">Steve Loughran</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>URL:</th> |
| <td><a href="http://www.iseran.com/Steve/modern_development_processes.html">http://www.iseran.com/Steve/modern_development_processes.html</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| </subsection> |
| |
| <subsection name="Using JavaScript with Ant"> |
| <p>A tutorial about using JavaScript and XSLT with Ant.</p> |
| |
| <table> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Author:</th> |
| <td>Dylan Schiemann</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>URL:</th> |
| <td><a href="http://www.sitepen.com/ant/javascript.html">http://www.sitepen.com/ant/javascript.html</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| </subsection> |
| </section> |
| </body> |
| </document> |