> Frank Welch wrote: > > Is ANT the way to go for: > - Linux > - Windows 2000 Pro >
For doing cross-platform servlet development work using Tomcat 4, then a qualified yes. Tomcat 4 uses ant to compile itself, Tomcat documentation assumes you're using ant to compile your servlets: http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-4.0-doc/appdev/ and recently there's been code added to let Ant control Tomcat through Tomcat's management interface. Tomcat likes Ant. As long as you stick to the built-in tasks (and don't try to do anything too tricky or elaborate), Ant is pretty darned nifty. OTOH, if you're not using Tomcat, or you've got some really cool servlet-aware IDE that you're fond of, or you've got a medium/large project where not everything can use the standard ant tasks, or you'd feel more comfortable using something with a huge installed base, Ant might not be a win. Make can be miserable, but it's well-understood misery, and you know you've probably got company. Push the limits with Ant and you're on your own. -- Christopher St. John [EMAIL PROTECTED] DistribuTopia http://www.distributopia.com ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html
