> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Bailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Ant Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 9:42 AM > Subject: RE: Ant: The Definitive Guide (Orielly) > > > And, what does the book provide that the online docs do not? For > > example, > > I > > > have a copy of "Java Tools for Extreme Programming: Mastering Open Source > > Tools Including Ant, JUnit, and Cactus". THe sections on Ant are really > > weak. If you'd never seen Ant before, they'd help, but it doesn't even > > cover as much as the online docs (and in fact, even says to go read the > > "Ant > > > in Anger" article first :) > > but of course :) > > > If the Definitive Guide book gets really in-depth and provides a lot of > > examples of really complicated build needs, that might be useful (e.g. > > I'm thinking that a "Cookbook" version would be more useful). > > funny you should say that. > > I havent seen ant:tdg yet, but as the main competitor to the book on ant > soon to come from Erik and me, they are a key competitor (the other is the > on-line docs, which is why we opted not to repeat said docs*)). The book > was originally scheduled to come out in, um February, and has slipped a > couple of times. >
Steve, How soon is soon? I would expect yours and Erik's book to be the "Meyers - Effective C++" of ant. Thank You, Anthony > I dont know if the slippage was to put in ant1.5 features, or the usual > "optimistic schedules no time to sleep" issues of any software project. But > like any project with time-to-market needs, slip too much and you have to > add more features to stay competitive. > > So I think the past few months will have been pretty hard for them. If they > have ant1.5 features in there is a stability issue(**), and if they dont > the book obsoletes fast. I bet there wont be a 'covers ant1.4 sticker on > the cover'. > > (*) well, there will be a quick reference, but we will autogenerate it from > javadoc comments using xdoclet; no gratuitous typing there :) > > (**) which is what a regression tests and full builds of all your examples > every night are for -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
