From ant-user-return-9681-apmail-jakarta-ant-user-archive=jakarta.apache.org@jakarta.apache.org Tue Jul 03 01:18:25 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-ant-user-archive@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 29989 invoked by uid 500); 3 Jul 2001 01:18:13 -0000 Mailing-List: contact ant-user-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: Reply-To: ant-user@jakarta.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list ant-user@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 29976 invoked from network); 3 Jul 2001 01:18:08 -0000 Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 20:19:48 -0500 From: Dave Dribin To: ant-user@jakarta.apache.org Subject: Re: Ant book? Message-ID: <20010702201931.G862@afx.dave.dribin.org> References: <59B1C000C017D411A43200508BC7494E6CDC24@statistics.portal.hoteltools.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.17i In-Reply-To: <59B1C000C017D411A43200508BC7494E6CDC24@statistics.portal.hoteltools.com>; from JTilly@hoteltools.com on Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 05:33:34PM -0400 X-Spam-Rating: h31.sny.collab.net 1.6.2 0/1000/N On Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 05:33:34PM -0400, Jesse Tilly wrote: > First off, Managing Projects with Make is *OLD*. In fact, it celebrated 10 > years this year. [ .. snip .. ] Yes, I do know this. My personal copy is probably close to 5 years old. The only parallel I wanted to draw to the Make book is that it is aimed at beginning make users. The book I had in mind is aimed at beginning Ant users. I really have no intention of even referencing make other than to say that Ant kicks make's butt when it comes to Java projects. > My experience has shown that the web offers the best information for > using Make (or any other configuration management tool) and the only > thing better than the web is to copy other projects' use of Make. I agree, the web does have a wealth of information. Sometimes the problem is finding that information. The web and print are complimentary mediums. > Second, a book is already in the works. Really? When is it planning on being released? What are the main topics? Who's the author and publisher? Feel free to reply privately. Let's just say I have some extra free time at the moment and I've always wanted to write a book. Maybe I could contribute to this book instead of duplicating effort. -Dave