Chapter 3. Global Concepts

We’ll begin this chapter with a description of a standard development directory structure. We’ll show you what is generally used for different types of projects and explain why you should consider adopting it for your own projects.

Note

What we’ll be showing you is a common structure, but there are other layouts that you may choose to use. Ant makes it easy to work with just about any layout you can dream up.

We’ll then move on to more “standard” stuff. In this case, it’s a discussion of what to call your targets. There are certain targets that just about every build file you run across will contain, and there are others that just make good sense. We’ll discuss all of these.

Next, we’ll discuss what are known as Ant ...

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