Re: [Nant-users] faq

2003-02-19 Thread Ian MacLean
Jeff is a little flip and not terribly informative, particularly to someone who has never used a build tool (i.e., the majority of all Microsoft tools developers). How about leading off with something like this: "NAnt is a free .NET build tool. A build tool helps automate the process of buil

Re: [Nant-users] faq

2003-02-19 Thread Scott Hernandez
"Ant is a Java-based build tool. In theory, it is kind of like Make, without Make's wrinkles and with the full portability of pure Java code." - Original Message - From: "Jeff McManus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, Februa

[Nant-users] faq

2003-02-19 Thread Jeff McManus
So, this might not be the highest priority thing for the FAQ, but it's always been my sense that "first impressions count" with software as well as people. In that regard, I've always found that this: "NAnt is a free .NET build tool. In theory it is kind of like make without make's wrinkles.