JWare Software

JWare Software (aka JWare) is the umbrella name of Sandbox Software MC’s open-source projects. Most of our active projects supply extensions to the popular Ant build system but we also have projects that feature standalone Java libraries or small applications.

Photo by Oberazzi • Unsure how to get started using a JWare component? Read the “Component Summary” included in each project’s Overview section. Some projects also include “Quick Start Examples” to help you get started quickly.

• 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.

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 artifact POMs?

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

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Active Projects

AntXtras (2.0.1, 3.0.0b1)

   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 much easier for you to use Ant to solve many kinds of problems– not only application builds. Read more about AntXtras…

Svn4Ant (2.0.0, 3.0.0b1)

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

Log4Ant (2.0.0, 3.0.0b1)

   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 output 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 about Log4Ant…

PEd4Ant (1.0.0b2)

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

Project activities…
Released!Apr-2010: New Ant 1.8 based betas for all AntXtras projects released!

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

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

Read more…

Ready for download…

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

A piece…Revival of the original AntUnit!

A piece…Publication of the lost crypt antlib.

A piece…Complete migration to new wiki-based website.

           


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