This gets to my whole point. Almost every IDE offers some kind of project capability and a way to compile that project, but (usually) only from within the IDE itself.
I desire a stand-alone build system that is cross-platform (Win2K, Linux, Solaris, AIX, Mac OS X at a minimum), easy to use (not all of our developers will have time to learn anything complicated *cough*make*cough*), capable of being run from a command-line or script. Ant meets all these needs with style. My point was to try and find alternatives that I could list so that my proposal to use Ant didn't look like it was written by a founding member of the Ant fan club! :-) Simon ----------------------------------------------------------------- Simon P. Chappell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Java Programming Specialist www.landsend.com Lands' End, Inc. (608) 935-4526 >-----Original Message----- >From: Ronn Chinowutthichai [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 10:39 PM >To: Ant Users List >Subject: Re: Research question > > >What about build tools offered by IDE? JBuilder for example. > >I am also sure that afew years ago many people are building ad >hoc tools >*specifically* for Java System (whether it would be with perl, shell >script or other languages like make rule sysntax). > >rOnn c. > > >Chappell, Simon P wrote: > >>I'm writing a proposal for using ant internally as part of >our standard build process and I am having difficulty finding >information on the alternatives to ant. I have tried many >different searches on the mighty Google, but with less than >wonderful success. The few that I found seem to mostly have >withered and died and a few even suggest switching to ant! :-) >> >>Can folks on this list point me at a few other tools that I >can list in my document. Specifically, I am looking for build >tools that are designed for Java systems (hence "make" doesn't >make the cut). >> >>Simon >> >>----------------------------------------------------------------- >>Simon P. Chappell [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Java Programming Specialist www.landsend.com >>Lands' End, Inc. (608) 935-4526 >> >>-- >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
