Ant is very difficult to learn how to use it to its full potential and its main benefits lie in team development of large, complex projects such as those typical of enterprise or ecommerce J2EE apps. If you want to know the particulars about what it can do, RTFM at jakarta.apache.org/struts.
Mark -----Original Message----- From: Markus Kirsten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 11:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ANT I've stumbled or ANT a couple of times but never really figured out what it really is. Can someone give me a clue on that by not telling me it's a build tool. So what exactly is a build tool? Why do I need one whe I can compile eveything i write with javac, either explicit och implicit by using some fancy IDE? Thanks! Markus On Wednesday, March 13, 2002, at 07:05 PM, David Mossakowski wrote: > Definitely yes. But to make this more of a agree/disagree post let me > just say that there is something cool about XML. Having a build tool > based on XML really speaks to me. I never liked batch files, makefiles > and the like but I got into Ant with no problems and like it. > > d. > > Frank Welch wrote: > >> Seeking feedback, commentaries, alternatives... >> >> >> >> Is ANT the way to go for: >> >> - Linux >> >> - Windows 2000 Pro >> >> >> >> Thanks for any feedback,! >> >> >> >> Frank >> > > > -- > David Mossakowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Instinet Corporation 212.310.7275 > > > > ************************************************************************* > ****** > <<Disclaimer>> > > This message is intended only for the use of the Addressee and > may contain information that is PRIVILEGED and/or > CONFIDENTIAL or both. > > This email is intended only for the personal and confidential use > of the recipient(s) named above. > > If the reader of this email is not an intended recipient, you have > received this email in error and any review, dissemination, > distribution or copying is strictly prohibited. > > If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender > immediately by return mail and permanently deleting the copy > you received. > > Thank you. > > ************************************************************************* > ****** > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > 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 > ___________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________ 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
