JWare Software

JWare Software (aka JWare) is the umbrella name of Sandbox Software MC’s open-source Java projects.

Featured Bits…

Photo by Oberazzi Read our AntXtras “Why That Feature?” section to discover why we added a particular Ant extension or component.

Check out our tip for using the $password: funcut to pull sensitive credentials into your Ant runtime without embedding them directly in Ant properties.

Unsure how to get started using a JWare component? Read the “Component Summary” included in each project’s Overview section. Some projects also include a “High Speed Tutorial” to help you get started quickly.

Recent Articles

In progress…Our series on the Unheralded features of Ant highlights some of the most powerful aspects of Ant that seem to always get overlooked.

In progress…There are dreamers and there are doers. This article examines the different AntXtras flow-control components (aka the “do”-er tasks) and how they let you create powerful, flexible scripts.

Did you know?

Did you know JWare Software also hosts a Maven-2 release repository of its primary project artifacts?

…Did you know that until this new website becomes fully functional (all documents moved), you can still visit the original JWare website?

Active Projects

AntXtras (2.0.0)

   JWare/AntXtras Foundation (AntXtras) is both a powerful Ant extension library as well as a collection of useful add-on Ant components. AntXtras enhances Ant with a variety of new types, conditions, tasks, and behaviors that make it easier for you to use Ant to solve many kinds of problems– not only application builds. Read more…

Svn4Ant (2.0.0)

   JWare/AntXtras Subversion for Ant (Svn4Ant) is a complete set of native Ant tasks for managing Subversion working copies, exported directories, and repositories from a build, test, or deployment environment. Read more…

Log4Ant (2.0.0)

   JWare/AntXtras Logging for Ant (Log4Ant) is a full bridge to the SLF4J logging framework and lets you capture, transform, and send Ant messages, AntXtras messages, and standard out and error messages to your SLF4J logging and monitoring system. Works with popular logging systems like Log4J, LOGBack, and the Java logging system. Read more…

PEd4Ant (1.0.0b1-2)

   JWare/AntXtras Properties Editor for Ant (PEd4Ant) is a set of tasks for manipulating Java properties files from Ant-based scripts. You would use PEd4Ant when you need to do non-trivial [re]construction, combinations, or editing of multiple properties files. Read more…

Project activities…
Released!Dec-2009: New 2.0.0 releases for AntXtras Foundation and all major AntXtras-based sub-projects arrive!

Released!Sep-2009: New 2.0.0b2 releases for AntXtras Foundation and all major AntXtras-based sub-projects arrive!

Released!Mar-2009: First beta releases for all major AntXtras-based sub-projects arrive with the new JWare Software website!

Reborn!Jan-2009: Yes Virginia, JWare Software lives! The first phase of the website migration to Dokuwiki is complete; the saga continues.

Read more…

Ready for download…

On the horizon…
A piece…Complete migration of old website to new wiki-based website.

A piece…Migration to JRE 1.5 and Ant 1.8 for all Ant-based projects.

           


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