
There are many ways to organise build systems for Java projects. The two
most predominant are probably still Ant and Maven. Debates between the
two tend...
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There’s nothing wrong with Ant.
No, really! True, there’s some nasty Ant files out there. Perhaps
that’s because we often treat our build as a...
4 replies - 5590 views - 04/23/10 by Julian Simpson in News

One of the longest running debates I’ve watched in the Maven
community over the years, is how to best support different
configurations for different...
1 replies - 4509 views - 03/18/10 by Julian Simpson in News

The classic Java build tool, Apache Ant, just reached its next GA version update. Ant 1.8 has improved directory scanning performance and better symbolic...
1 replies - 10957 views - 02/09/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in News

Rackspace Gets MySQL DaaS
FathomDB, a MySQL-based Database-as-a-Service (DaaS), announced
recently that it would be teaming up with the Rackspace Cloud. ...
0 replies - 16390 views - 01/03/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose

Just a few weeks ago, Electric Cloud launched the first GA version of SparkBuild, a free GNU Make (gmake) and NMAKE-based build tool that offers true build...
0 replies - 8945 views - 12/22/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles

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Yes, this is exactly what I am frequently asked by my clients and many developers. It isn't easy to answer this question. There are several projects using...
34 replies - 35113 views - 09/23/08 by Meera Subbarao in Articles

I have been on several teams where we studiously designed UML diagrams at the beginning of the project. As the project progressed, and deadlines approached,...
72 replies - 150554 views - 08/22/08 by Meera Subbarao in Articles

An automated build process with Ant is one of the most crucial things required in any CI process. Ant is the build tool of choice for many Enterprise Java...
0 replies - 9598 views - 08/13/08 by Meera Subbarao in Articles

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