By jsugrue
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Published: Aug 13 2008 / 16:08
An automated build process with Ant is one of the most crucial things required in any CI process. Ant is the build tool of choice for many Enterprise Java projects. This is an XML file, usually called build.xml, which describes a project's dependencies. At the beginning of any project, this build file will be somewhere around 70-80 lines, which would include targets for compiling source and tests, running these tests, creating the libraries, and so on...
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iequalszero replied ago:
I used vizant a few years ago to highlight issues with a build. Saying "our build process is too complex" and point at ant xml wasn't winning arguments, but being able to show and talk to a diagram that highlights comlexities was really useful.
If you use ant I recommend following Meera's steps and running it on your build scripts - you will learn a lot about your build.
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