Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!usenet.ukfsn.org!not-for-mail From: Martin Gregorie Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: How to develop without an IDE? Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:23:00 +0000 (UTC) Organization: UK Free Software Network Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: <4f94338d$0$295$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <4f94765c$0$284$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <4f949830$0$295$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <9vlns0Fv8cU1@mid.individual.net> <26895676.28.1335224628945.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@pbbps5> NNTP-Posting-Host: 84.45.235.129 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: localhost.localdomain 1335298980 18165 84.45.235.129 (24 Apr 2012 20:23:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@localhost.localdomain NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:23:00 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Pan/0.135 (Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea; GIT 30dc37b master) Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:13866 On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:44:50 +0100, Rui Maciel wrote: > It isn't supposed to be ant's problem. Yet, it doesn't make it an > acceptable alternative for every conceivable scenario, let alone the > ideal solution. And that's precisely the point. > Sure, but there scenarios where not knowing it is very definitely your problem. Here's a fairly common one: you join a project team where the project standards are enforced and they say Ant is the project build tool, but you don't know it. You may be cut some slack while you get up to speed on Ant but you may well find yourself out on your ear if you insist on using something else, e.g. make. As AJS says, if the project is about to hit a deadline your need to learn on the job will not make you popular with the PM or other team members if your reduced productivity while learning the tool causes a milestone to be missed. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org |