Web developers should hate http
I don't mean that literally, what I do mean is a web developer should hate when Java's http specification is directly accessed in the code. This is a topic I briefly touched on in my 8 signs your code sucks post awhile back. I decided to return to this topic because it touches on a very important and fundamental programming practice which is limiting dependencies in code. This article represents the initial entry into a new series I plan on covering called "Java don't care." As aforementioned this series will focus on reducing dependencies in code, as well as making your code less aware of the environment it is in, and how following these practices will help you as a developer. But back to the task at hand; why referencing Java's http specification is bad.
An intro to writing ANT Scripts
What is Ant?
A(nother) N(eat) T(ool) is a tool developed by the Apache Foundation for automating tasks in a project. It is primarily, though not exclusively used for Java projects. Most developers interaction with ant is through the xml specification, which is used to define specific operations.
The objective of this tutorial
Ant was designed with adaptability and expandability in mind, as a consequence it is used for many tasks and in many systems. As we get deeper in the dev environment series we will rely heavily on ant to make our lives easier and to carry out many important functions. For this tutorial however I will go cover what ant is primarily used for, building a project and creating a deliverable, in this case a jar file. This will provide a good intro into the usage of ant and how it works.
Setting up SVN over http on Linux
One project I was planning on starting before I went on my extended hiatus was setting up a development environment, so it only seems natural that I start there again. I already went over how to setup a SVN repository, however in that example I used VisualSVN which require elements of Visual Studio and since I primarily focus on Java development, VisualSVN isn't a particularly good choice. So today I will go over how to setup a svn server in Linux (Ubuntu 10.04 to be exact).
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