Zen and the Art of Build Script Maintenance
Über Conf
Denver · June 14 - 17, 2010
About this Presentation
Build scripts are an essential art in any software project. And yet they are so often fragile, brittle and unportable things, hard to understand and harder to maintain. In this talk, we cover what constitutes a good build script, and look at a few of the essential rules in writing one.
We will look at general techniques that are applicable to any build scripting technology, as well as some technology-specific tips for Ant and Maven.
Author of Java Power Tools
John is an experienced consultant and trainer specialising in Enterprise Java, Web Development, and Open Source technologies, currently based in Wellington, New Zealand. Well known in the Java community for his many published articles, and as author of Java Power Tools, John helps organisations around the world to optimize their Java development processes and infrastructures and provides training and mentoring in open source technologies, SDLC tools, and agile development processes.