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In The Brain of John Smart: Zen and the art of build script maintenance
Zen and the art of build script maintenance
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Build scripts are an essential art in any software project. And yet they are so often fragile, brittle and unportable things, hard to understand and harder to maintain. In this talk, we cover what constitutes a good build script, and look at a few of the essential rules in writing one.

John Smart, creator of the Java Power Tools Bootcamp, will look at general techniques that are applicable to any build scripting technology, as well as some technology-specific tips for Ant and Maven.

Special O'Reilly Discount on John's Book

Thanks to O'Reilly, we're happy to announce a Skills Matter community discount on John Smart's book Java Power Tools: get 40% off, free P&P when quoting promo code OR202 when purchasing from www.oreilly.com, using the UK shopping Cart. The offer will be available during July, August and September, 2010.

ABOUT JOHN SMART
Well known in the Java community for his many published articles, and as author of the Java Power Tools book, John teaches the Java Power Tools Bootcamp to Skills Matter's Java community.
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