2011/9/12 Frankie Fisher <[email protected]>: > On 12/09/2011 14:01, Roger Westerlund wrote: >> >> I am not sure that Maven is the way to go for JSynthLib. I have been >> using Maven in my work for the last couple of years and I have seen >> Maven being bent over backwards to build a system. It is not a pretty >> sight. I think nothing beats Maven when it comes to dependency >> management and modularization but it is too easy to misuse Maven. I >> would rather look for something like Gradle (http://www.gradle.org/) >> when it comes to replacing Ant. I have not used it myself but I have >> hear people saying good things about it (people smarter than me so I >> trust them). > > Interesting, I'm only familiar with ant - what are the problems with ant?
For starters, it uses XML as it's "language" and XML was made for machines to read so it is not the most human readable format available (imho). Have a look at Gant (http://gant.codehaus.org/) which is based on Ant to see the difference. Ant scripts tends to grow wildly and if you don't fully understand Ant then it is easy to start mixing target dependencies with antcalls and then you have a problem. You also have to do some backwards thinking to use conditional triggering of targets. Something that is so easy to do in a programming language with an if statement becomes really awkward in Ant. Also if you have a modularized application, which I would say that JSynthLib should be, then the Ant build scripts you would need to maintain would be quite some work. I still think that Ant is a good tool if used properly but the XML drags it down. Regards, Roger ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Doing More with Less: The Next Generation Virtual Desktop What are the key obstacles that have prevented many mid-market businesses from deploying virtual desktops? How do next-generation virtual desktops provide companies an easier-to-deploy, easier-to-manage and more affordable virtual desktop model.http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51426474/ _______________________________________________ Jsynthlib-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jsynthlib-devel
