Apache Ant

Apache Ant，是一个将软件编译、测试、部署等步骤联系在一起加以自动化的一个工具，大多用于Java环境中的软件开发。由Apache软件基金会所提供。默認情況下，它的buildfile(XML文件)名為build.xml。每一個buildfile含有一個和至少一個預設的，這些targets包含許多task elements。每一個task element有一個用來被參考的id，此id必須是唯一的。

build.xml 範例
参见
*Jakarta项目
*Apache Maven
*Make

参考资料
外部链接
*[http://ant.apache.org/ Official website of Apache Ant]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20151213155753/http://wiki.apache.org/ant/FrontPage Apache Ant wiki]
*[http://code.google.com/p/winant/ WinAnt - Windows installer for Apache Ant]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100131063201/http://www.exubero.com/ant/antintro-s5.html Introduction to Ant] (slide show)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070612182856/http://www.softwaresecretweapons.com/jspwiki/Wiki.jsp?page=LinguineMapsForApacheAnt Linguine Maps visualization library will automatically produce easy to read diagrams from Ant build files.]
*[http://sourceforge.net/projects/antro antro - a profiler for Ant scripts]
*Wiki Book on learning Apache Ant
*[http://ideoplex.com/focus/java#ant Ant tutorial]
*[http://hbtechs.blogspot.com/2007/06/automation-using-innovative-tools.html Ant Automation], a good handy example of automation with Ant.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100131050800/http://visualdrugs.net/antrunner/ A simple Windows GUI for running Ant.]