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Ant scripting with Groovy
The ubiquity and utility of Ant as a build tool for Java projects is virtually unsurpassed. Even Maven, the new, upstart utility in the build arena, owes much of its power to lessons learned from Ant. This article introduces Groovy's builder utility, which makes it especially easy to combine Groovy with Ant and Maven for more expressive and controllable builds.
Integrating Ant with Eclipse, Part 1
Ant and Eclipse are the top Java build system and IDE, both by wide margins, so it's only natural you'd want to integrate them. Ant is the premier build tool for Java developers, and Eclipse is the premier integrated development environment (IDE) for Java programmers. Eclipse is great at visual development, and Ant is great for builds. For that reason, the latest Eclipse version (3.0) comes with Ant 1.6.1, and there's an extensive Ant interface in Eclipse.
Take Charge of Your Architecture
The architecture you think you have is often different than what you actually have. It’s time to take charge of your architecture and learn how you can discover deviations by writing tests using JUnit, JDepend, and Ant to discover problems proactively instead of long after the fact.
