From the Back Cover:

Youve heard about Extreme Programming. You might have read articles or books describing the XP process, but what next? How do you implement XP principles into an actual Java project? This unique book explains everything you need for XP development, starting with Ant, the popular Java build tool. The authors describe every stage of a real-world project life cycletesting, refactoring, versioning, deployment, and morewith practical examples that you can immediately put to use in your own projects.

Every aspect of an XP project includes unique challenges, and Extreme Programming with Ant works through each step of the process.

• Mitigate risks by creating spike tests with Ant buildfiles
• Add version control and testing with JUnit
• Automate nightly builds and reporting
• Deploy applications dynamically using XDoclet
• Add additional team members after a project is underway
• Write custom Ant components to facilitate deployment
• Adapt an XP process for use by other teams or across an enterprise

Throughout the book, the authors include dozens of ideas for extending Ant with useful custom features such as generating UML diagrams and creating reports and metrics on-the-fly. All code and examples have been built, tested, and deployed using Ant 1.5.3.

Basketball is a normal sport; skydiving is an extreme sport. Some may be disappointed that this book is not about some skydiving- programming hybrid: instead it describes the highly formal and specific software development methodology of Extreme Programming and demonstrates it by implementing a fictional product called "eMarket" using the Java-based open-source build and deployment tool Ant. Intended mostly for experienced developers with some knowledge of Java and XML.
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From the Back Cover:

Youve heard about Extreme Programming. You might have readarticles or books describing the XP process, but what next? How doyou implement XP principles into an actual Java project? This uniquebook explains everything you need for XP development, starting withAnt, the popular Java build tool. The authors describe every stageof a real-world project life cycletesting, refactoring, versioning, deployment, and morewith practical examples that you canimmediately put to use in your own projects.

Every aspect of an XP project includes unique challenges, andExtreme Programming with Ant works through each step of the process.

• Mitigate risks by creating spike tests with Ant buildfiles
• Add version control and testing with JUnit
• Automate nightly builds and reporting
• Deploy applications dynamically using XDoclet
• Add additional team members after a project is underway
• Write custom Ant components to facilitate deployment
• Adapt an XP process for use by other teams or across an enterprise

Throughout the book, the authors include dozens of ideas forextending Ant with useful custom features such as generating UMLdiagrams and creating reports and metrics on-the-fly. All code andexamples have been built, tested, and deployed using Ant 1.5.3.

"Extreme Programming Ant" covers the application development life cycle 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.

Jeremy Poteet is the Chief Security Officer for appDefense, a consulting company specializing in application security. He is a CISSP and was the winner in the 2002 eWeek OpenLabs OpenHack IV competition, and has more than 15 years experience in software development. Jeremy has promoted Ant as the build process and XP as a development methodology for both internal projects and with various clients across the country. He has led numerous Java development and XP projects and has incorporated Ant at several customer sites. He has been involved in every aspect of the software development process, with team sizes ranging from 1 to over 100.

Glenn Niemeyer is a consultant with Technology Partners Inc., a Mid-west based Consulting Firm. He has a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri, and 15 years of experience in software development. Glenn joined Technology Partners in 1996, and has been a technical team leader and project leader on a number of software development projects. He is also active in the area of Application Security. Glenn can be reached at gniemeyer@tech-partners.com

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.