What resources do you have in mind?
I am the Deployment and Configuration Manager, and might be able to send you some white papers, documents and other information about using ANT for build and deployment. Does he give any arguments on why he feels that xml should not be used for doing builds? I use it extensively, and my builds are automated...nightly, and on demand. Usually, if one person is so negatively against something without good arguments, it means they do not understand it, or may be protecting their turf. Ask him to list in detail his concerns, then add your pros and cons to it. I went through this with a developer one time, and all I did was implement it without their ok, then gave a demo, to his manager, him, the grp, and added the VPs, Dirs, etc. -----Original Message----- From: Andreas Bothner [ MTN - Innovation Centre ] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 4:04 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: winning the case for ANT Hi all, I am working in a team of developers, where one developer is completely against the use of ANT as a build script as he feels that xml should not be used as a scripting tool. I would like to create an environment which does automated nightly builds, deployments and execution of tests with reports. This team members negativity is hampering commitment towards this goal. I was hoping there would be somebody who could direct me to a resource(s) that will strengthen my case for the use of ANT, as I see it as the perfect tool to achieve this goal and am under the impression that it is the industry standard for non-proprietary java build tools. Regards, Andreas
