Comments on: A real Build Refactoring, in the wild http://www.build-doctor.com/2008/05/23/a-real-build-refactoring-in-the-wild/ Helping to deliver working software, one continuous integration build at a time Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:50:11 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Nat Pryce http://www.build-doctor.com/2008/05/23/a-real-build-refactoring-in-the-wild/comment-page-1/#comment-158 Nat Pryce Tue, 27 May 2008 07:15:00 +0000 http://beta.build-doctor.com/?p=48#comment-158 IntelliJ can do some simple refactorings of Ant scripts: extract property, rename target, rename property, etc.<br/><br/>But refactoring of Ant and Nant is very difficult because they have no consistent syntax or semantics. They are just quick hacks that have grown kludge by kludge into inconsistent pseudo-languages. IntelliJ can do some simple refactorings of Ant scripts: extract property, rename target, rename property, etc.

But refactoring of Ant and Nant is very difficult because they have no consistent syntax or semantics. They are just quick hacks that have grown kludge by kludge into inconsistent pseudo-languages.

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