Introducing BlackBadger- the distributed ANT runtime

BlackBadger grew from a need to automate test infastructures over a wide range of different platforms. For example, testing a LAMP infastructure with all the components on one machine, compared to testing them distributed over a number of machines. Existing tools, such as SmartFrog, proved to cumbersome and complicated, coupled with a steep learning curve. BlackBadger was designed to utilise the well known Apache Ant scripting language with a self-discovery network to remotely schedule tasks for execution, with full logging and real time monitoring coming back to a central location.

This session will introduce thepower BlackBadger brings as SpikeSource releases this tool under the open source license.

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Alan Williamson
Spikesource
Alan Williamson is as much a veteran of the Java world as one can be with a language that is still very much finding its feet in the world. Alan has more than 15 years experience in the world of software development, graduating with full honors in computer science from the University of Paisley. Alan worked in mainly research and development roles until starting up the UK ’s first pure Java consultancy company 5 years ago, specializing in Java on the server side (n-ary (consultancy) ltd). Alan also worked his way up to the dizzy heights of editor-in-chief of the world ’s largest Java magazine, Java Developer’s Journal, before going on to found LinuxWorld magazine. He is recently to be found working with SpikeSource, a company specialising in productizing and certifying open source components.

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