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| 19 | <HEAD>
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| 20 | <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../stylesheets/style.css">
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| 21 | <title>About Antidote</TITLE>
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| 22 | </HEAD>
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| 23 |
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| 24 | <BODY>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <H1>About Antidote</H1>
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| 27 |
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| 28 | <P>Version 0.1 (2001/02/13)</P>
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| 29 |
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| 30 | <P>Authors:
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| 31 | <A HREF="mailto:[email protected]">Simeon H.K. Fitch</A>
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| 32 | </P>
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| 33 |
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| 34 | <H2>Overview</H2>
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| 35 |
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| 36 | <P>Antidote is the <A
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| 37 | HREF="http://ant.apache.org/index.html">Ant</A> subproject
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| 38 | for developing a graphical user interface to facilitate the
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| 39 | efficient use of Ant. In general, its purpose is to allow the
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| 40 | quick generation, modification, and use of Ant build files,
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| 41 | helping the user define a build process and track down build
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| 42 | problems. It is not meant to be an IDE, but an enabler for the
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| 43 | powerful features available in Ant, particularly for novice
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| 44 | users, or users who want a rapid way of controlling their build
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| 45 | process.</P>
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| 46 |
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| 47 |
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| 48 | <H2>Status</H2>
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| 49 |
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| 50 | <P>Antidote is still in the early stages of development, but does
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| 51 | have a set of usable features, including:</p>
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| 52 | <UL>
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| 53 | <LI>Reading Ant build files.</LI>
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| 54 | <LI>Selecting targets and executing them.</LI>
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| 55 | <LI>Context highlighted build status console.</LI>
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| 56 | <LI>Modification of (some) build file components.</LI>
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| 57 | <LI>Saving modified build file.</LI>
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| 58 | </UL>
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| 59 |
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| 60 | <P>Current development tasks include:</p>
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| 61 | <UL>
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| 62 | <LI>A more complete set of target and task editing
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| 63 | capabilities.</LI>
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| 64 | <LI>A wizard for creating basic build files, including importing
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| 65 | existing code bases.</LI>
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| 66 | <LI>Better build progress monitoring.</LI>
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| 67 | </UL>
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| 68 |
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| 69 | <P>The Antidote source distribution comes with requirements and
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| 70 | design documentation that better cover the details of application
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| 71 | architecture, how to develop against it, and what the long term
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| 72 | goals are. Furthermore, there is a <code>TODO</code> file listing
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| 73 | the detailed, near-term tasks that need accomplishing.</P>
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| 74 |
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| 75 | <H2>Getting Involved</H2>
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| 76 |
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| 77 | <P>The source code for Antidote is located in a separate Module
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| 78 | (<a href="http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs/ant-antidote/">ant-antidote</a>) in CVS.
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| 79 | All the existing documentation can
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| 80 | be found there where new contributors should read:</p>
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| 81 | <UL>
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| 82 | <LI><A HREF="http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs/~checkout~/ant-antidote/docs/developer/design/design-overview.html">Design Overview</A></LI>
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| 83 | <LI><A HREF="http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs/~checkout~/ant-antidote/docs/developer/design/gui-requirements.html">Feature List</A></LI>
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| 84 | <LI><A HREF="http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs/~checkout~/ant-antidote/docs/developer/design/gui-ideas.txt">Idea Refinement</A></LI>
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| 85 | <LI><A HREF="http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs/~checkout~/ant-antidote/docs/developer/design/new-module-howto.html">New Module HOWTO</A></LI>
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| 86 | <LI><A HREF="http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs/~checkout~/ant-antidote/docs/developer/design/uml/index.html">Static Class Diagrams</A></LI>
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| 87 | </UL>
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| 88 |
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| 89 | <P>Online discussions about Antidote occur on the <A
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| 90 | HREF="http://ant.apache.org/mail.html">Ant developer
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| 91 | mailing list</A>. The application infrastructure is fairly
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| 92 | complete, but there are almost unlimited opportunities for feature
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| 93 | contributions.</p>
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| 94 |
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| 95 | <P>Aspiring contributors new to the project should
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| 96 | (carefully) read the following for details on the contribution
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| 97 | process:</p>
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| 98 | <UL>
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| 99 | <LI><A
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| 100 | HREF="http://jakarta.apache.org/site/getinvolved.html">Get
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| 101 | Involved</A></LI>
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| 102 | <LI><A
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| 103 | HREF="http://ant.apache.org/guidelines.html">Project
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| 104 | Guidelines</A></LI>
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| 105 | <LI><A HREF="http://jakarta.apache.org/site/source.html">Source
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| 106 | Repositories (how to contribute patches)</A></LI>
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| 107 | </UL>
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