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CHAPTER 6 1/2
Development Techniques
Use a build tool to script building,
packaging, testing, and deploying your
system
Most IDEs are already using a build
tool underneath. Get familiar with that
tool, and you can build on what the IDE
already does
Treat your build script like code and
check it into version control
234 Chapter 6 ½
Tools for your Software Development Toolbox
Software Development is all about developing
and delivering great software. In this chapter,
you learned about several techniques to keep
you on track. For a complete list of tools in the
book, see Appendix ii.
Development Principles
Building a project should be repeatable
and automated
Build scripts set the stage for other
automation tools
Build scripts go beyond just stepby-step
automation and can capture
compilation and deployment logic
decisions
Here are some
of the key
techniques you
learned in this
chapter...
... and some of the
principles behind
those techniques.
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All but the smallest projects
have a nontrivial build
process.
You want to capture and
automate the knowledge
of how to build your
system—ideally in a single
command.
Ant is a build tool for Java
projects and captures build
information in an XML file
named build.xml.
The more you take
advantage of common
conventions, the more
familiar your project will look
to someone else, and the
easier the project will be to
integrate with external tools.
Your build script is just as
much a part of your project
as any other piece of
code. It should be checked
into version control with
everything else.