Finally got around to updating my Ant wiki (which I admit I’ve been neglecting lately) but wanted to point out two recent updates that are worth mentioning:

Rob Wilkerson has a great set of posts on Ant build templates. Rob covers:

1. Prelude
2. Environment
3. Process
4. Why Two Files?
5. External Tasks
6. The Script

Great stuff. I’m still struggling with how best to organize my build and property files and Rob’s posts have given me even more to think about! :)

The other mention goes to the Build Doctor.  As I look forward to getting more involved with configuration management I’ve been catching up on Julian Simpson’s great blog.  Of particular interest here is his on going Ant Best Practices Series.  If you are just getting started with Ant or an experienced Ant user – I’d suggest reading this series!

Possibly Related:

• Getting Ant Build Updates Via Growl
• Cron For Windows
• Did Dreamweaver Determine Your Deployment Method?
• Ant Presentation Files
• Using Environment Properties In Ant
• Making Your Build Files User Friendly
• Lazy Automation: Ant Meets Autohotkey

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