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Title: Java Development With Ant by Erik Hatcher, Steve Loughran ISBN: 1-930110-58-8 Publisher: Manning Publications Company Pub. Date: August, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.55 (20 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Far-ranging book covers a bit of everything
Comment: The developers of Ant exude an energy similar to avid Perl users, a belief in one tool that can do anything and everything. Ant is an integration tool that supports building and testing Java code, and deploying web applications, all through the use of XML-driven scripts.
On the way to discussing those topics, the authors cover quite a lot more territory. A few other web-development tools that work well with Ant are described, as are some best practices towards good code design and good maintenance and testing techniques.
And life-giving Ant is in the middle of all of it! Actually I suppose that's a good thing, but I'd rather be led there and given something to understand, not just given a set of XML tags to plug in and prosper with.
It seems a bit wild to focus on such a subtle point in such a well-received book, but more and more my job is getting to reduced to mastering the grammar of yet another DTD, and it sucks the fun out of what I'm doing. What I like about the short books on make is that there are things left to the reader to work out for himself, and that leads to a better understanding of the tool. Here we have a guide that seems to leave nothing to the imagination; perfect for drones.
I'd prefer it if the authors spent a little more time elaborating on the standard Ant documentation; it could use some highlighting here and there. It's informative on the dry side, but judging by other comments that's what everyone wanted from this book.
Rating: 4
Summary: Well done!
Comment: I don't normally buy Manning books, but this is a high-quality, accessible, good read on Ant. The book is great for both newbies and experienced Ant developers. The writing is very clear and the topics are presented in a logical, orderly fashion. Everything seems to be up-to-date and on the money for Ant 1.5.
The book is full of practical implementation advice, though I would have liked to see more code and build file examples. For more information on how to use Ant with other tools, I recommend "Java Tools for Extreme Programming."
Well done!
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent!
Comment: I had to come back to this book listing just to leave this review. I'm not finished with the book yet but I just love it. Very few tech books I own have been able to ramp me up in a technology as fast as this one. Very clearly written and builds on the technology nicely. You need to know something about Java and XML. But if you are looking at ANT you are because you are looking for something to help your development experience. I highly recommend this book.
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Title: JUnit in Action by Vincent Massol, Ted Husted ISBN: 1930110995 Publisher: Manning Publications Company Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Struts in Action: Building Web Applications with the Leading Java Framework by Ted Husted, Cedric Dumoulin, George Franciscus, David Winterfeldt, Craig R. McClanahan ISBN: 1930110502 Publisher: Manning Publications Company Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
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Title: Eclipse in Action: A Guide for the Java Developer by David Gallardo, Ed Burnette, Robert McGovern ISBN: 1930110960 Publisher: Manning Publications Company Pub. Date: 15 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
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Title: Core J2EE Patterns: Best Practices and Design Strategies, Second Edition by Deepak Alur, Dan Malks, John Crupi ISBN: 0131422464 Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Pub. Date: 10 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Programming Jakarta Struts by Chuck Cavaness ISBN: 0596003285 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 13 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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