Java Development With Ant

by Hatcher, Erik; Ruby, Sam; Loughran, Steve

• ISBN13: 9781930110588
• ISBN10: 1930110588
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-09-01
• Publisher: Manning Pubns Co

Summary

Encompassing Java-centric software project best practices for designing and automating build, test, and deployment processes using Ant, Java Development with Ant is written for developers using Java in large software projects and those who have reached the limits of classic IDE development systems. Benefiting developers applying extreme programming methodology to Java projects, this resource provides detailed coverage of Ant and explains how to use it in large projects and extend it when needed. It includes discussions and detailed examples of how Ant handles development of servlets, filters, EJB, XML, and web services, encompassing the full range of J2EE development.

Author Biography

Erik Hatcher is a senior Java architect on a student information system J2EE re-architecture project at the University of Virginia. He has developed Microsoft Windows NT security analysis software and is a MCSE and a Sun-certified Java programmer. He lives in Charlottesville, Virginia. Steve Loughran is a research scientist at HP Laboratories whose work focuses on usability, innovative user interface design for applications and appliances, and on PC futures. He lives in Corvallis, Oregon.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Learning Ant	1	(202)
Introducing Ant	3	(20)
Getting started with Ant	23	(24)
Understanding Ant datatypes and properties	47	(38)
Testing with JUnit	85	(26)
Executing programs	111	(23)
Packaging projects	134	(29)
Deployment	163	(25)
Putting it all together	188	(15)
Part 2 Applying Ant	203	(262)
Using Ant in your development projects	205	(29)
Beyond Ant's core tasks	234	(26)
XDoclet	260	(18)
Developing for the web	278	(39)
Working with XML	317	(16)
Enterprise JavaBeans	333	(22)
Working with web services	355	(31)
Continuous integration	386	(21)
Developing native code	407	(24)
Production deployment	431	(34)
Part 3 Extending Ant	465	(2)
Writing Ant tasks	467	(31)
Extending Ant further	498	(25)
Appendices
A Installation	523	(9)
B XML primer as it applies to Ant	532	(4)
C IDE integration	536	(8)
D The elements of Ant style	544	(17)
E Ant task reference	561