I saw ant, and since I hadn't anted on this machine,,, I figured try
the old fashioned Makefile... it's missing a line @66 to create the
test/js directory.... out of the box it does all the make features
except test.... pretty good start!
@66
@@mkdir -p ${TEST_DIR}/js
Skip the ant if you are not an ant-head (no offense intended)... I'm
an old fashioned make-head!
On 9/30/06, Joel Birch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi folks!
>
> I am a graphic designer who has taught myself web development over
> the last few years. I have been using jQuery for the behaviour layer
> of a site since maybe March this year and absolutely love it. From a
> Mac-oriented, drag and drop,user-friendly perspective, jQuery makes
> javascript like it just "should be".
>
> However, I find the Subversion stuff very hard to grasp. Am I right
> that we actually need to use the command line (gasp!) for much of
> this? I have given John Resig's help steps my best shot but didn't
> quite get there. Step 1, install JRE, I went to that address but had
> no idea which download was for me so instead I assumed that Mac OS X
> would already have the right version installed. Step 2, I downloaded
> Ant and found the 'lib' and 'bin' folders and copied them to a folder
> as instructed at that site. I chose a folder named Ant that I created
> in my Applications folder. I didn't know what to do after that. The
> "install instructions" do not help me as they assume that I have a
> greater understanding of what is going on than I do:
>
> > * Add the bin directory to your path.
> How do I do this?
>
> > * Set the ANT_HOME environment variable to the directory where
> > you installed Ant. On some operating systems the ant wrapper
> > scripts can guess ANT_HOME (Unix dialects and Windows NT/2000) -
> > but it is better to not rely on this behavior.
> I am getting the feeling that I am supposed to know how to do this -
> probably in the command line?
>
> > * Optionally, set the JAVA_HOME environment variable (see the
> > Advanced section below). This should be set to the directory where
> > your JDK is installed.
> Again - I'm lost.
>
> I am obviously missing something here - can we not just have some
> sort of friendly web interface that retrieves the latest version of
> jQuery and whatever else this "Ant build" gives you? This seems like
> a high barrier to entry considering the potential demographic that
> jQuery is aimed at (web designers and developers).
>
> The more I think about it the more I realise I am missing something
> here - especially as no-one else seems bothered by this. I understand
> what software developers use SVN for but do not understand why the
> general user of the software is required to set up all these Java/
> Apache/Ant/SVN technologies just to retrieve an up-to-date version to
> use.
>
> Thanks for your time and sorry for the long post.
>
> Joel.
>
>
>
> On 17/08/2006, at 7:24 AM, John Resig wrote:
>
> > Step 1:
> > Go to this page and download and install "Java Runtime Environment
> > (JRE) 5.0":
> > http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp
> >
> > Step 2:
> > Download and install Apache Ant:
> > http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi
> >
> > Step 3:
> > Go to the jQuery directory and type 'ant'. You now have a compiled
> > version of jQuery, the documentation, and the test suite.
> >
> > Steps 2 & 3 Change depending if you're using Ant or the Makefile.
> > Since jQuery now includes the Ant build file, it's much easier to
> > simply use that (and more cross-platform). For UNIX-type people, like
> > myself, I'll just see the Makefile, type Make, and be done with it.
> >
> > I recommend that you check out the new, updated, README file in jQuery
> > SVN - as it explains this whole process.
> >
> > --John
> >
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> >
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