Course in Apache Ant

Course in Java application build using Apache Ant

Ant was the first build tool for Java and is used to a large extent because it is simple to handle complex build situations. This course is addressed to you who shall or have just started in a Java project where you will use Ant as project build tool and quickly will get up to speed and be productive

This is what you will learn

Overview of Ant and other project build tool
Compiling and execution of Java programs
Packetizing of JAR, WAR and ZIP files
Generation of JavaDoc and other code-processor tools
Managing of third parts JAR files
Dependancy-management in Ant
The most commonly Ant tasks

Course Contents

Background and overview

Installation of Ant

Configuration
The Ant XML structure
Tasks and properties

The target application

Compilation

Recommended project directory structure
Compilation of Java programs
File sets and globs
Creating JAR (Java ARchive) files
Executable JARs

Handling archive files

Creating ZIP and TAR files
Unpacking JAR files
Creating WAR (Web ARchive) files

File handling

Copy files
Renaming files
Delete files
Replace keywords in files
External properties

Ant programming

Dependent tasks
Conditional tasks
Iterative tasks
Invoking tasks

Handling 3:rd party JAR files

What is a 3:rd party JAR
Using Ivy for dependency loading
Typical configurations and usages

Facts

Name	Apache Ant
Duration	1 Days
Level	Beginner
Audience	Java programmers
Prerequisites	Fluent in Java programming
Tools	Java JDK, version 8+ Apache Ant

On-Site Course

If you order an On-Site course, we will come to you and hold the course in your office. The price is determined by our price model and is based on the number of course days, number of participants and any travel and lodging.

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