Extreme Programming with Ant: Building and Deploying Java Applications with JSP, EJB, XSLT, XDoclet, and JUnit (Paperback)

According to a recent survey, Java is the most popular language used in extreme programming (XP) projects, with more than 50% of respondents indicating a need to use Java and XP together. While there are many XP books, few apply XP to Java programming or demonstrate the Java tools that can implement XP techniques.

Extreme Programming Ant covers the application development lifecycle using Ant and other tools to facilitate various stages of a project. The authors discuss techniques and best practices for the build process, version control generating documentation, unit testing and deployment. Throughout the book, they offer advice on extending Ant and incorporating Java custom tasks to better meet the needs of individual projects and developers.

Table of Contents

Introduction.
1. XP and Ant.
2. Creating Initial Spikes.
3. The First Iteration.
4. The First Complete Build Process.
5. Creating the Automated Nightly Build.
6. Deployment to a Test Environment.
7. The Team Size Increases.
8. Deployment to a Production Environment.
9. Company Reorganized-Working with a New Subteam.
10. Additional Teams Adopt the XP Process.
11. Creating an Enterprise-wide Solution.
Appendix A. Installing Ant.
Appendix B. Extending Ant.
Appendix C. Ant 2
Appendix D. Complete Buildfile Listings.
Appendix E. Tool Version.