Antoine Levy Lambert wrote:
Ant is a Java library and command line tool.
command-line tool
^
build of java applications
Java
^
tasks allowing to compile, assemble, test and run java applications.
allowing users to ... Java
^^^^^^ ^
non java applications
non-Java
^^
their own antlibs
"antlibs"
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open source
open-source
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impose coding conventions or directory layouts to the Java projects
on the Java projects
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the usual command line tool
command-line tool
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writing shell-scripts
shell scripts
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or little noticeable characters
unnoticeable
^^
one of the most famous alternatives
the most famous alternative
^ ^
build, packaging, testing and running capabilities
building, ...
^^^
Java projects adopting Maven as a project management tool are given some
conventions to follow
Relevant to note that this permits IDEs to open and work with such projects without being given any IDE-specific instructions, which to my mind is one of the principal
advantages of Maven over a freeform build tool such as Ant.
overriden
overridden
^
the maven team
Maven
^
A recent, and worth mentioning alternative to Ant is Gradle,
A recent alternative to Ant worth mentioning is Gradle,
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a new tool
Redundant (just said "recent").
which allows to write
allows users to write
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which a lot of people feel
many people
^^^^
is easier
clearer
One nice thing for Ant is that Gradle
Fortunately for Ant, Gradle
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so our tasks and types are used inside Gradle
...and benefit from bug fixes and improvements in Ant and Ivy.
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