> From: Dominique Devienne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > From: Peter Reilly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > According to the last entry, they are currently > > using a 45,000 line ant script =-O > > which one of the team is reducing to ~700 lines by > > using a custom dependency task. > > I didn't read all the thread completely, but I heartedly > agree with Peter that much of the complexity of an Ant > script can be removed by developing custom tasks/types. > > You go to Java to encapsulate complex processes, which are > then exposed as much simpler high level tasks hiding all the > coding complexities. Using Python in AAP, or Ruby might allow > easier/faster programming than Java, but Java can do it all > nonetheless, and I personally know Java much better than > Python and Ruby ;-) >
And with scriptdef, you can write your tasks just the same in any supported scripting language, if it will fit your needs. Jose Alberto --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
