Building With Ant

The IDE's Ant support enables you to compile and build your classes using build scripts written for Ant, a Java-based build tool that can be used in lieu of the make command. The advantages of using Ant are:

For help building projects with Ant, see:

Ant Project Files
Creating an Ant Project
Editing an Ant Script
Running an Ant Script
Executing a Target
Creating a Shortcut to a Target
Configuring Ant Settings

For help with more advanced Ant features, see:

Compiling Files With Ant
Compiling Projects With Ant
Creating a Custom Ant Task
Setting Properties in an Ant Script

For information on the Ant tool, see The Jakarta Project at jakarta.apache.org/ant or see the Ant 1.4.1 Manual. The IDE lets you integrate the Ant manual into the IDE help system. For help with installing the Ant manual, see:

Installing Ant Documentation


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