<strong>Pro Apache Ant</strong> is a professionallevel tutorial for Java and XML developers whowant to learn the open source Apache Javabased build tool Ant. Pr... » 

Pro Apache Ant is a professionallevel tutorial for Java and XML developers whowant to learn the open source Apache Javabased build tool Ant. Pro Apache Antshows you how to be productive with Ant right from the start. Instead ofwriting shell commands the configuration files are XMLbased. Each task is runby an object that implements a particular Task interface. And if you reallyneed to execute a shell command Ant has an task that allows differentcommands based on the OS. The example application covers the entire setup ofthe application from calling database scripts to unit testing. Practicalexamples are used at every stage. Each task will have a concrete example. Theauthor shows you how with other complimentary tools like Apache JakartaTomcat. This book is organized around chronological tasks instead ofalphabetical functions using a sample application throughout the setup fromcalling database scripts to unit testing. TOCChapter 1 Introducing Ant.Chapter 2 Installing Ant. Chapter 3 Examining the buildfile. Chapter 4Examining Ants datatypes. Chapter 5 Examining Ants properties. Chapter 6Building a project. Chapter 7 Deploying an application. Chapter 8 Runningan application. Chapter 9 Unit testing with Ant. Chapter 10 Using Ant inlarge projects. Chapter 11 Using custom tasks. Chapter 12 Extending Ant. «