Renaun, We use ANT on developer machines and on the server for deployment. Typically a single build.xml file sits in the root of the SVN repository for a project. We typically define tasks for incremental SWF and RSL compilation, java compilation, and larger tasks for ground up builds. The smaller tasks are used during development for a faster edit > compile > debug cycle and the larger tasks are used for deployment or when larger changes have been integrated.
Dave is being modest about the larger ANT tasks. In a majority of Cynergy Systems projects, running "ANT tomcat.build" ejects a fully configured Tomcat HTTP/HTTPS server with custom deployed WAR files including compiled SWF/RSL/JARS/JSP/HTML/SERVLETS. On any project, we are 12 minutes from having a full configured Tomcat server running on any machine. MXMLC/COMPC compilation is about 9 minutes of that build process. I have been working with the Flex2SDK and the compilation times are much improved at almost 100%-200% gains. On all Flex 2 projects we will be using the Flex2SDK and ANT for build automation both within Flex Builder and ANT directly. It seems like a lot of work but there is tremendous value gained in terms of software quality and reliability with a standardized build process. ANT does a tremendous amount of work for us so that we can focus on delivering great applications for our consulting clients. Cheers, Cynergy Systems, Inc. Theodore Patrick Sr. Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: 1.866.CYNERGY http://www.cynergysystems.com ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Renaun Erickson Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 6:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Re: mxmlc/compc versus web server compile Dave, Thanks for the response. So you use ANT build scripts on developers boxes? I see prefectly where the mxmlc builds make sense for server deployment. Renaun -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.2.6/287 - Release Date: 3/21/2006 -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
