Patrick O'Hara [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am working on an Introduction to Ant for my company. Do you have
a particular name of someone working on a a gentle introduction for
beginners?
The first time David Weller talked about something he called Ant for
Mortals is now almost a year ago -
Jeff Post [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Here is what I propose: I am willing to work with you, and maybe a
few other beginners, to develop a Starting with Ant document.
I think this would be wonderful, especially since most of us
developers may have a difficult time figuring out, what may be less
Title: RE: script task: suggestion about the docs
Thanks Stefan
Patrick O'Hara
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Title: RE: script task: suggestion about the docs
I am working on an Introduction to Ant for my company. Do you have a particular name of someone working on a a gentle introduction for beginners?
Pat O
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From: Stefan Bodewig [mailto:[EMAIL
What we are missing for
sure are things like a developers guide or a gentle introduction for
beginners. Some people have been working on both.
Very good idea. I'm totally for that
- no one is jumping up to say I'll spend all my free time upgrading
the docs
Chicken and egg
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What we are missing for
sure are things like a developers guide or a gentle introduction for
beginners. Some people have been working on both.
Very good idea. I'm totally for that
- no one is jumping up
Title: RE: script task: suggestion about the docs
As I said in a prior post, I am working on a Intro to Ant document for my Company. I would love to work with you two to build this document.
Patrick O'Hara
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From: Jeff Post [mailto
Title: RE: script task: suggestion about the docs
HI,
If you
would like another newbie to help out, I am just starting to work my way through
a build process using Antas well-thoughthe time I have
available to spend on thatwork is somewhat sporadic. I would be willing to
contribute
Hi Suu,
I've monitored this discussion group for many months now. I've worked to
develop our companies build system. There are things I still don't quite
understand, but many things that I've already figured out. I've written my
own tasks, and read through many of the existing tasks to
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Brett Knights [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's OPEN SOURCE. It's expected that you WILL read the source if you
have questions not answered
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From: Jesse Tilly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 6:45 AM
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Subject: RE: script task: suggestion about the docs
Reading the code is certainly not how I learned to use Emacs
or GCC...and
*thank God*! Documentation is source
Brett Knights [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Notice the available documentation clause in my original post.
Regardless of our intentions, what is right, what should be done, or
any other consideration:
- open source projects with complete documentation are an exception
rather than a rule.
what
Suu Quan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I asked myself How would I know a (task,target)'s list of methods
(as above) to call. (how would I know that execute() exists. No I
don't want to download the source code).
It's hidden in the Developing with Ant section of the manual. Not
the most
Brett Knights [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's OPEN SOURCE. It's expected that you WILL read the source if you
have questions not answered by the available documentation.
Not really, this is what we have documentation, a FAQ and mailing
lists for. Sure, you are going to learn a lot about Ant
Some places to find information about the script task:
It uses the BSF. The BSF pdf doc discusses the environment that scripts run in and how
each of the supported languages can make
calls to the environment.
Ant uses reflection to make calls to tasks. If you look at the doc section called
Some places to find information about the script task:
It uses the BSF. The BSF pdf doc discusses the environment that scripts
run in and how each of the supported languages can make
calls to the environment.
Thanks Brett, I'm still studying your response. Can't help but ask: what is
the
Thanks Brett, I'm still studying your response. Can't help
but ask: what is
the BSF?
Have you read the documentation that does come with Ant? The entry for the script task?
-- Ant's code is, for everything I have looked at, clear and
readable. If
you would look at the
code I think you
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