Month: February 2013
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Everybody loves build.xml (test-driven Ant)
In the previous post we looked at how it is possible to write reasonable code in Ant, by writing small re-usable blocks of code. Of course, if you’re going to have any confidence in your build file you’re going to need to test it. Now we’ve learnt some…
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Everybody hates build.xml (code reuse in Ant)
If you’re starting a new Java project, I’d suggest suggest considering the many alternatives to Ant, including Gant, Gradle, SCons and, of course, Make. This post is about how to bend Ant to work like a programming language, so you can write good code …