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building your code
Insert tab a into slot b...
pays to follow the instructions...
...especially when you write them yourself.
It’s not enough to use configuration management to ensure your code stays safe. You’ve
also got to worry about compiling your code and packaging it into a deployable unit. On
top of all that, which class should be the main class of your application? How should that
class be run? In this chapter, you’ll learn how a build tool allows you to write your own
instructions for dealing with your source code.
Pieces of your project Build process Working system
log4j
.jar
You’ve got folders
of source code and
unit tests...
apachecommons
.jar
...libraries, jars,
dlls, so’s...
...probably some
binary files, like
images or icons...
...deployment descriptors,
HTML files, app.
configs, etc...
This is what we’ve been
focusing on so far...
The build magic
happens here.
Developers aren’t mind readers 220
Building your project in one step 221
Ant: a build tool for Java projects 222
Projects, properties, targets, tasks 223
Good build scripts... 228
Good build scripts go BEYOND the basics 230
Your build script is code, too 232
New developer, take two 233
Tools for your Software Development Toolbox 234
Here’s what we need
to work on now.
And out pops your
system, ready to run.
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