http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2004/12/15/ant-and-the-use-of-the-full-stop/ Sam Newman's blog Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:59:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2004/12/15/ant-and-the-use-of-the-full-stop/#comment-586 Martin Pllu Fri, 17 Dec 2004 10:38:52 +0000 http://www.magpiebrain.com/2004/12/15/ant-and-the-use-of-the-full-stop/#comment-586 Take a look at my "blog entry":http://jroller.com/page/martinpllu/20041217#leafcutter_execute_ant_tasks_from on leafcutter, an API which I wrote to execute Ant tasks from Java code. I find this a better choice than Ant for complex build processes. Take a look at my blog entry on leafcutter, an API which I wrote to execute Ant tasks from Java code. I find this a better choice than Ant for complex build processes.

]]> http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2004/12/15/ant-and-the-use-of-the-full-stop/#comment-585 Sam Newman Thu, 16 Dec 2004 09:53:13 +0000 http://www.magpiebrain.com/2004/12/15/ant-and-the-use-of-the-full-stop/#comment-585 I kind of like period for hierarchy with camel case for spaces, as this fits with most peoples Java style, and ant is mostly used to build Java after all. Really though, I'd just like things to be consistent :-) I kind of like period for hierarchy with camel case for spaces, as this fits with most peoples Java style, and ant is mostly used to build Java after all. Really though, I’d just like things to be consistent :-)

]]> http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2004/12/15/ant-and-the-use-of-the-full-stop/#comment-584 B. K. Oxley (binkley) Wed, 15 Dec 2004 19:54:03 +0000 http://www.magpiebrain.com/2004/12/15/ant-and-the-use-of-the-full-stop/#comment-584 I like to use the period (you Brits can say 'fullstop' :-) for the hierarchy case. For the space case, I prefer hyphens. I avoid the last case. I like to use the period (you Brits can say ‘fullstop’ :-) for the hierarchy case. For the space case, I prefer hyphens. I avoid the last case.

]]> http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2004/12/15/ant-and-the-use-of-the-full-stop/#comment-583 Sam Newman Wed, 15 Dec 2004 17:22:14 +0000 http://www.magpiebrain.com/2004/12/15/ant-and-the-use-of-the-full-stop/#comment-583 We have split some tasks out, but the very nature of spliting stuff out can lead to complexity. We need to rewrite the whole thing to be honest, but will do it bit by bit - we'll create clean, new sub-ant files which we'll make calls to, and let the rest of the file remain awful. Trying to clean up a 2000 ant file during active development in one fell swoop is a recipie for disaster We have split some tasks out, but the very nature of spliting stuff out can lead to complexity. We need to rewrite the whole thing to be honest, but will do it bit by bit – we’ll create clean, new sub-ant files which we’ll make calls to, and let the rest of the file remain awful. Trying to clean up a 2000 ant file during active development in one fell swoop is a recipie for disaster

]]> http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2004/12/15/ant-and-the-use-of-the-full-stop/#comment-582 Benjamin Francisoud Wed, 15 Dec 2004 17:19:14 +0000 http://www.magpiebrain.com/2004/12/15/ant-and-the-use-of-the-full-stop/#comment-582 You should (if possible) try to split this uge thing using subant, import... tasks You should (if possible) try to split this uge thing using subant, import… tasks

]]> http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2004/12/15/ant-and-the-use-of-the-full-stop/#comment-581 kief Wed, 15 Dec 2004 17:15:24 +0000 http://www.magpiebrain.com/2004/12/15/ant-and-the-use-of-the-full-stop/#comment-581 (Whips out ruler) - our main build file is 2817 lines, including the very occasional comment. Plus we've got a few other build files for testing and cvsing. (Whips out ruler) – our main build file is 2817 lines, including the very occasional comment. Plus we’ve got a few other build files for testing and cvsing.

]]> http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2004/12/15/ant-and-the-use-of-the-full-stop/#comment-580 Sam Newman Wed, 15 Dec 2004 15:18:45 +0000 http://www.magpiebrain.com/2004/12/15/ant-and-the-use-of-the-full-stop/#comment-580 I'm trying "scons":http://www.scons.org/ out now, but it's Java support is leaving a little to be desired. I should probably start by tring to build something small, rather than our existing codebase with the 2000 line ant file :-) I’m trying scons out now, but it’s Java support is leaving a little to be desired. I should probably start by tring to build something small, rather than our existing codebase with the 2000 line ant file :-)

]]> http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2004/12/15/ant-and-the-use-of-the-full-stop/#comment-579 Simon Brunning Wed, 15 Dec 2004 14:37:10 +0000 http://www.magpiebrain.com/2004/12/15/ant-and-the-use-of-the-full-stop/#comment-579 2000? *Hardcore*! My biggest is a little over seven hundred lines - that that's probably half comments. 2000? Hardcore! My biggest is a little over seven hundred lines – that that’s probably half comments.

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