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224 Chapter 6 ½
Are you kidding? I’m supposed to
learn a whole new language just so
I can compile my project?
No... you’re supposed to learn a new
tool so someone (or something)
ELSE can build your project.
It’s easy to see a build tool as just one more thing to
learn and keep up with. But most build tools, like Ant,
are really easy to learn. In fact, you’re just about to put
together your first build script, and you already know
more than you think!
On top of that, your build tool is just that: a tool. It
helps you get things done faster, especially over a lot of
projects. You’ll learn a little bit of syntax for your build
tool, and hardly need to learn anything else about it.
Oh, and remember: the build tool is for your team,
not just you. While you may know how to compile your
project, and keep up with its dependencies, everyone else
might not. A build tool and build script lets everyone
on your team use the same process to turn source code
into a running application. With a good build script
all it takes is one command to build the software; it’s
impossible for a developer to accidentally leave a step
out—even after working on two other projects for six
months.
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