Complex Builds with Ant

Ant has revolutionized the way we build applications in Java and it has become a de facto standard in the Java world. As applications grow in complexity some developers are finding themselves dealing with ever growing and complex builds. Complex builds have to deal with Multiple Operating System, multiple Application Servers, multiple APIs and multiple stages of development.

This talk would highlight some of the growing pains typically encounter in the evolution of an application build system and possible solutions and best practices that can be applied to several of these scenarios. With the arrival of the Ant version 1.6 many of the lessons learned with large projects have been now incorporated. Ant 1.6 can help you deal with complex builds efficiently.