Hi All,
I am writing an intro for ANT and I want to justify why it is such a
useful tool.
Some may find the statements below provocative: they are meant to be. I
want to find out if and/or why they are untrue. This is a learning process
for me too!
Pro:
- Ant is a Java based build tool. Like java, it is platform independent.
- It has a large variety of common tasks already catered for.
- It is extensible: not that hard to create your own tasks.
Cons:
- It is not as powerful as batch/shell scripts. If you are not regularly
using different OS's, why bother?
- It is not designed to offer decision or looping structures as easily as
they are offered in batch/shell scripts? Why?
Do you have any pros/cons to add? Any thoughts on what I have listed?
Any comments would be most appreciated!
Rob
:)
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