Hi Erik, Thanks for the input. I'm so used to letting something like the Java Reference Implementation do all the nastiness of building that I feel like I'm standing in front of Mt. Everest, with the need to learn Ant, some free IDE to write Java web components (don't see any support for it in Eclipse), and then the need to figure out how to deploy specifically first to Tomcat to test and then to Websphere, all the whle dong my work on a machine with only 128M of RAM (clearly I'm not at Sun anymore, where there was lots of memory for machines and I didn't need to know Ant). I've never been so worried about failing at a new job. This is worse than my first programming job where I had to learn PL/I and SAS on the fly.
Ken -----Original Message----- From: Erik Hatcher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 6:04 PM To: Ant Users List Subject: Re: Suggestiosn for ANT-Java programming book Ken, We have a chapter (12) titled "Developing for the web" in JDwA. I agree with the other comments on this thread - there is no book that covers the new Ant 1.6.x features, and for larger projects these new features radically change how I'd craft a build file. I still create the directory structure the same, regardless of Ant version. This mirrors what I've created in the freely available JavaDevWithAnt project (based on the source code from the book) at: http://www.ehatchersolutions.com/JavaDevWithAnt Erik On Mar 23, 2004, at 3:08 PM, Kenneth Litwak wrote: > Hi Jim, > > > Thanks for the suggestion. The table of contents talks about > building > web services, bit I don't see a chapter that specifically addresses > building servlets or JSPs. Do you remember if that's in there? > Thanks. > > Ken > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 11:32 AM > To: Ant Users List > Cc: Ant Users List > Subject: Re: Suggestiosn for ANT-Java programming book > >> >> Having read the ANT manual, I'm looking for a book that actually tells >> you how to create a web project directory structure, what actually > goes >> where, how to configure for specific app servers or web servers, and > so >> forth. A friend suggested _Java Tools for Extreme Programming_. Any >> comments or other suggestions? I'm used to tools that hide all this >> stuff from you (similar to the Sun Java Reference Implementation). I >> need to become an expert at doing it manually like yesterday. Thanks. >> > > I've got that book; it's like a good sampler platter, but you need the > entree. It sounds like for your needs, _Java Development with Ant_ > would > be a better fit. > > http://www.manning.com/hatcher > > Available as an eBook, as well, for yesterday's needs. > > I leveraged this book into precisely what you're talking about, and my > webapp had very peculiar needs. > > As to the *what* the specifics of specific app servers or web servers > are, > and how they impact your project, you'll probably have to find them > elsewhere. (Tomcat does get plenty of coverage in the book). Whatever > the specifics are, though, you'll probably learn what you need to learn > about Ant to handle it. > > Jim > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
