Ant is a Java-based build tool
- Original author, James Duncan, called it Another Neat
Tool
- Helps automate the build process.
- Has many built-in tasks (javac, javadoc, junit, ....)
- Also allows you to define custom tasks.
- Allows you to define dependencies between tasks.
- Has won numerous awards.
- Has become the de facto standard for building open
source Java projects.
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