Apache Ant/Adoption

Organizational Ant Adoption
We have found that most people new to Ant go through several stages of learning Ant.

The three stages of learning core Ant functionality

 * 1) Learn the grammar and syntax of XML and a build file- this goes quickly if you know any XML or HTML (about 15 minutes)
 * 2) Learn the Ant concepts of properties, dependencies and task (about two hours)
 * 3) Build your vocabulary: Learn the basic Ant tasks you need to get your job done (duration depends on what you are doing)

Transform Your Organization!

 * Integrating it into your development/QA process
 * Making it a requirement of all projects
 * Specifying that all vendor deliverables MUST include a reproducible build process
 * Problematic for Microsoft developers that are not familiar with Ant
 * Problematic for "visual only" development environments (Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Analysis Services)

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