Hi,,

In 'Java development with Ant' by Erik Hatcher and Steve Loughran it says to
write the build file with the end in mind (page 200 section 8.5.1). Quoting
the book:

"Your build file exists to build something. Start with that end result and
work baskwards as you write your targets."

Is this something that a lot of people do? For me, I like to start from the
beginning of the process, and get to the end. Of course I would have in mind
what is the ultimate goal, but I find it hard to write targets backwards.

Comments would be much appreciated.

Thanks.