Java Power Tools

by Smart, John

• ISBN13: 9780596527938
• ISBN10: 0596527934
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-04-01
• Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc

Summary

Any true craftsman needs the best tools to do their finest work, and programmers are no different. But how do they find the best tools when there isn't Home Depot for developers? This book delivers 30 open source tools designed to improve the development practices of Java developers in any size team or organization. Each chapter discusses a different tool so developers can choose those best suited to their own environments, whether it's for build systems, version control, or other aspects of the development process.

Author Biography

John is a freelance consultant specializing in Enterprise Java, Web Development, and Open Source technologies, currently based in Wellington, New Zealand. Well known in the Java community for his many published articles, John helps organizations optimize their Java development processes and infrastructures and provides training and mentoring in open source technologies, SDLC tools, and agile development processes. John is principal consultant at Wakaleo Consulting http://www.wakaleo.com/ (http://www.wakaleo.com), a company that provides consulting, training and mentoring services in Enterprise Java and Agile Development.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

How This Book Is Organized

Who Should Read This Book

What This Book DoesnG++t Cover

Contributing Authors Technical Reviewers Conventions Source Code

About the Title

Acknowledgments

Using Code Examples Safari-½ Enabled

How to Contact Us

Introduction Build Tools

Setting Up a Project Using Ant

Ant in the Build Process

Installing Ant

A Gentle Introduction to Ant

Compiling Your Java Code in Ant

Customizing Your Build Script Using Properties

Running Unit Tests in Ant

Generating Documentation with Javadoc

Packaging Your Application

Deploying Your Application

Bootstrapping Your Build Scripts

Using Maven Dependencies in Ant with the Maven Tasks

Using Ant in Eclipse

Using Ant in NetBeans

Manipulating XML with XMLTask

Conclusion

Setting Up a Project Using Maven 2

Maven and the Development Build Process

Maven and Ant

Installing Maven

Declarative Builds and the Maven Project Object Model

Understanding the Maven 2 Lifecycle

The Maven Directory Structure

Configuring Maven to Your Environment

Dependency Management in Maven 2

Looking for Dependencies with MvnRepository

Project Inheritance and Aggregation

Creating a Project Template with Archetypes

Compiling Code

Testing Your Code

Packaging and Deploying Your Application

Deploying an Application Using Cargo

Using Maven in Eclipse

Using Maven in NetBeans

Using Plug-Ins to Customize the Build Process

Setting Up an Enterprise Repository with Archiva

Setting Up an Enterprise Repository Using Artifactory

Using Ant in Maven

Advanced Archetypes

Using Assemblies Version Control Tools

Setting Up Version Control Using CVS

An Introduction to CVS

Setting Up a CVS Repository

Creating a New Project in CVS

Checking Out a Project

Working with Your FilesG++Updating and Committing

Resolving a Locked Repository

Working with Keyword Substitution

Working with Binary Files

Tags in CVS

Creating Branches in CVS

Merging Changes from a Branch

Viewing Change History

Reverting Changes

Using CVS in Windows

Setting Up Version Control Using Subversion

An Introduction to Subversion

Installing Subversion

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