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Subject: Why another build tool?
Author: ant
In response to: Ant Biuld Tool
Posted on: 04/19/2010 03:36:44 PM
Instead of a model where it is extended with shell-based commands, Ant is extended using Java classes. Instead of writing shell commands, the configuration files are XML-based, calling out a target tree where various tasks get executed. Each task is run by an object that implements a particular Task interface.
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> On 04/19/2010 03:35:49 PM ant wrote:
What's Ant?
Apache Ant is a Java-based build tool. It is kind of like make, without make's wrinkles.
Ant is to drive processes described in build files as targets and extension points dependent upon each other. The main known usage of Ant is the build of Java applications. Ant supplies a number of built-in tasks allowing to compile, assemble, test and run Java applications. Ant can also be used effectively to build non Java applications, for instance C or C++ applications. More generally, Ant can be used to pilot any type of process which can be described in terms of targets and tasks.
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