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Maven~Software Tool for Project Management and Builds Automation

Maven is a software tool for project management and builds automation. While primarily used for Java programming, it can also be used to build and manage projects written in C#, Ruby, Scala, and other languages. Maven is the standard way … Continue reading

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Sample Ant Build

Your first ANT build  <!–?xml version=”1.0″?> <project name=”Ant test project” default=”build” basedir=”.”> <target name=”build” > <javac srcdir=”src” destdir=”build/src” debug=”true” includes=”**/*.java“/> </target> </project> First line of the build.xml file represents the document type declaration.  Second line is comment entry. Third line … Continue reading

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Introduction to ANT

Introduction to ANT Apache Ant is a powerful way to convert your developmental structures to deployment structures. It is declarative and all the command line tasks used for deploying an application are represented by simple XML elements. A Java-based build … Continue reading

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Command Line Arguments in Ant

Command Line Arguments -buildfile buildfile – specify build file to use -targetname – specify target to run (instead of running default) -verbose, -quiet, -debug – Allows control over the logging information Ant outputs -logger classname – Allows user to specify … Continue reading

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How ANT works?

How ANT works? Each Project will have a build file (build.xml) Each build file will contain one or more Targets The Target to be executed:                 Is either explicitly selected on the command line                 Or a project default Target … Continue reading

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ANT Overview, Structure & Basics (Build File)

ANT Overview, Structure & Basics (Build File) Each Project will have a build file (build.xml) Default name for a build file is build.xml Root element must be the ‘project’ element The ‘default’ attribute is required Specifies the default target to … Continue reading

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