Pro Apache Ant eBook

This book is ideal for Java developers who need and use build tools for development and project management. It is organized around chronological tasks instead of alphabetical functions, using a sample application throughout the set-up, from calling database scripts to unit testing.

Practical examples are used at every stage and each task includes a concrete example. The configuration files are XML based, so there’s no need for you to write shell commands . Each task is run by an object that implements a particular task interface. And if you really need to execute a shell command, Ant has an task that allows different commands based on the OS.

Table of Contents
About the Author
About the Technical Reviewer
Acknowledgments
¦CHAPTER 1 Introducing Ant
¦CHAPTER 2 Installing Ant
¦CHAPTER 3 Using Ant
¦CHAPTER 4 Examining Ant's Types
¦CHAPTER 5 Building a Project
¦CHAPTER 6 Deploying an Application
¦CHAPTER 7 Running an Application
¦CHAPTER 8 Testing an Application
¦CHAPTER 9 Using Ant in Large Projects
¦CHAPTER 10 Writing Custom Tasks
¦CHAPTER 11 Extending Ant
¦CHAPTER 12 Using the Ant API
¦INDEX