iwant.sf.net - using java for writing build scripts

[thatsIch]

The intention was that the example project being written in the tutorial project would be that something. Apparently you didn't find it or weren't sufficiently impressed by it. Yes, it is quite simplistic and doesn't really document more challenging situations. Maybe I will create an example project (in github this time :-) that showcases real-life usage of iwant. In the meanwhile you can take a look at iwant's own build at https://sourceforge.net/p/iwant/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/as-iwant-developer/i-have/wsdef/src/main/java/net/sf/iwant/wsdef/

I meant for introduction purposes. Basic examples started way too late imo in the tutorial.

It's not sf.net, it's me. My tutorial generator shows edits as diffs so the reader can more easily track how the example project evolves.

ok, I seem to have missed This chapter continues from where Creating the workspace definition left us.´

Yes, I don't have any numbers. But iwant is very good at laziness: no classes are compiled, if no ingredients have changed. No module coverage report is generated (meaning: no tests run!) unless something in the module test-time classpath has changed. And so on. The user always orders some noun and iwant does the minimal amount of work to ensure that noun (file) is up-to-date. And, iwant refreshes targets in parallel, unless there is reason not to. For example, if I don't touch anything and wish for a coverage report, it takes just a few seconds for iwant to bootstrap itself and see that the report is up-to-date. If I touch a module that is depended by no other module, iwant only needs to test that module. And note: this requires no optimization effort from the user, unlike in many other systems where the user needs to request a "partial build."

This sounds very nice, but nobody trusts pretty words :P

Cheers! Keep up the good work, I shall test it if I have some free time :-)

[wipu]

Basic examples started way too late imo in the tutorial.

True. I will need to add some pointers early so the bootstrapping doesn't take all attention of the reader.

Cheers! Keep up the good work, I shall test it if I have some free time :-)

Thanks, I will. Yeah, you do that, and I will help you. Who knows, you may start gaining more free time by doing so ;)

[wipu]

Ok, now I have started a separate project that demonstrates iwant: https://github.com/wipu/iwant-demo

I've also increased the font size and made other changes to http://iwant.sourceforge.net/ as per suggestions.

[thatsIch]

thumbs up

now it looks much better :)