Ant is a simple, effective tool that can guide you toward a solid build infrastructure.
By Joe Cropper
In last week's article, I introduced the problem of a convoluted build process and presented Apache's Ant as an effective solution to the simplification of the process. In this week's article, we'll look at a complete example, including everything from the source code to the build artifacts within the Eclipse integrated development environment. This article assumes that the reader has a basic understanding of Eclipse and its Java projects.
As on-demand service providers get ready for the upcoming Amsterdam conference, SaaS ERP provider Workday signs a large deal to serve 200,000 employees.
By Chris Smith
There's a sea change taking place in the software industry, and it's called SaaS.
On June 9, many of the big players in the SaaS industry will be gathering in Amsterdam at the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) OnDemand Europe conference to hear visionaries and executives in the industry present talks on where the software industry is headed next.