Maybe you want to start with the "Hello World with Ant" tutorial [1] from the manual. Have heard that the slides should be online. But havent found them yet. But it would also easier and better to ask Steve directly - especially if you want to reuse them. :)
The Wiki [2] contains some things which could be interesting for you. Jan [1] http://ant.apache.org/manual/tutorial-HelloWorldWithAnt.html [2] http://wiki.apache.org/ant/AntOddities >-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >Von: Andrew [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Gesendet: Dienstag, 26. Juli 2005 08:17 >An: Ant Developers List >Betreff: Re: Java Development with Ant > >I work in a web agency, here are some of the more esoteric >things I have done: > >- strictly control access to deployment/live servers; only >access to deploy is via a series of Ant tasks; limit files >that can go live by the use of file filters >- promoting reference data from dev > staging databases >- rename thousands of files according to certain glob patterns >- auto-produce change logs (by invoking tools that analyse >cvs), including this as part of a release >- extract a set of delta changes (between two cvs tags), zip >up as a "patch", scp to remote host >- parse product catalogue files, convert into various XML >formats, dispatch by FTP to affiliate partners, record >success/fail in a database >- invoking test scripts (note use of try/catch type Ant tasks) > >Some of the latter involved writing custom Ant tasks; this is >well worth the investment, generally - particularly if you >want to assure repeatable action (and hence quality) by >members of a team. With careful use to always use relative >paths, a build.xml is totally portable between individual's >installations. > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >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]
