Ken,
It is not quite a difficult thing. You might use some good IDEs around there
for free:
- JBuilder 9 (Personal Edition). I prefer it over JBuilder X (its license is just for
30 days and then you're not able to use it anymore unless you pay for it). Good
support on Java Components. Lousy support on JSP / HTML edit. Its ANT support it is
quite lousy, but if you use AntRunner OpenTool[1] plug, it improves
- If you are using any MS OS, you can use GEL (http://www.gexperts.com). Good support
for both Java / JSP / HTML components. Plus it can integrate ANT easily (as almost any
IDE out there). Try to get the latest versions. It's constantly improving. Since it is
native for Win, it doesn't consume lots of memory as other IDEs.
- You can use NetBeans (I personally do not recommend it if you have < 256MB ram and a
huge disk where to swap a lot of info). As I recall, it provides a good support in web
building.
My personal choice is to use JBuilder 9 (for beans and components) and Dreamweaver
(for HTML /JS /JSP).
I have not much experience in Eclipse or jEdit, so, I cannot give an opinion
about it.
I wish you good luck on this challenge
Luis
[1] http://antrunner.sourceforge.net
-----Original Message-----
From: Kenneth Litwak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 10:53 AM
To: Ant Users List
Subject: RE: Suggestiosn for ANT-Java programming book
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
>
>
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