Apache Ant is a software tool for automating software build processes. It is similar to Make but is implemented using the Java language, requires the Java platform, and is best suited to building Java projects.
The most immediately noticeable difference between Ant and Make is that Ant uses XML to describe the build process and its dependencies, whereas Make uses Makefile format. By default the XML file is named build.xml.
Ant is an Apache project. It is open source software, and is released under the Apache Software License.
Read more about Apache Ant: History, Sample build.xml File, Extensions, Portability, Limitations
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