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  196. Apache Ivy is an Ant Sub-Project Now!
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  198. <h3>October 11, 2007 - Apache Ivy is an Ant Sub-Project Now!</h3>
  199. <p>Apache Ivy, "A Java based tool for tracking, resolving and
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  208. Ant 1.7.0
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  210. <h3>December 19, 2006 - Ant 1.7.0 Available</h3>
  211. <p>Apache Ant 1.7.0 is now available for <a href="http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi">download</a>.</p>
  212. <p>Ant 1.7 introduces a resource framework. Some of the core ant
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  225. <p>Ant 1.7 has some initial support for Java6 features.</p>
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  228. AntUnit 1.0
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  230. <h3>January 8, 2007 - Apache AntUnit 1.0 Available</h3>
  231. <p>Apache AntUnit 1.0 is now available for <a href="http://ant.apache.org/antlibs/bindownload.cgi">download</a>.</p>
  232. <p>This Ant Library contains tasks to test Ant tasks using Ant
  233. instead of JUnit. For more information see the <a href="antlibs/antunit/">AntUnit home page</a>.</p>
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  235. <a name=".NET Ant Library 1.0"></a>
  236. .NET Ant Library 1.0
  237. </h3>
  238. <h3>November 6, 2006 - Apache .NET Ant Library 1.0 Available</h3>
  239. <p>Apache .NET Ant Library 1.0 is now available for <a href="http://ant.apache.org/antlibs/bindownload.cgi">download</a>.</p>
  240. <p>This Ant Library contains support for tools like NUnit as well
  241. as the "old .NET tasks of Ant's core. It has been tested
  242. Microsoft's frameworks as well as Mono.</p>
  243. <p>For more information see the <a href="antlibs/dotnet/">Antlib's
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  245. <h3 class="section">
  246. <a name="Apache Ant"></a>
  247. Apache Ant
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  249. <p>
  250. Apache Ant is a Java-based build tool. In theory, it is kind of like
  251. Make, but without Make's wrinkles.
  252. </p>
  253. <p>
  254. Why another build tool when there is already <em>make</em>, <em>gnumake</em>,
  255. <em>nmake</em>, <em>jam</em>, and
  256. others? Because all those tools have limitations that Ant's original author
  257. couldn't live with when developing software across multiple platforms. Make-like
  258. tools are inherently shell-based -- they evaluate a set of dependencies, then
  259. execute commands not unlike what you would issue in a shell. This means that you
  260. can easily extend these tools by using or writing any program for the OS that
  261. you are working on. However, this also means that you limit yourself to the OS,
  262. or at least the OS type such as Unix, that you are working on.
  263. </p>
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  265. Makefiles are inherently evil as well. Anybody who has worked on them for any
  266. time has run into the dreaded tab problem. "Is my command not executing
  267. because I have a space in front of my tab!!!" said the original author of
  268. Ant way too many times. Tools like Jam took care of this to a great degree, but
  269. still have yet another format to use and remember.
  270. </p>
  271. <p>
  272. Ant is different. Instead of a model where it is extended with shell-based
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  274. the configuration files are XML-based, calling out a target tree where various
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  279. Granted, this removes some of the expressive power that is inherent by being
  280. able to construct a shell command such as
  281. <code>`find . -name foo -exec rm {}`</code>, but it
  282. gives you the ability to be cross platform -- to work anywhere and everywhere.
  283. And hey, if you really need to execute a shell command, Ant has an
  284. <code>&lt;exec&gt;</code> task that
  285. allows different commands to be executed based on the OS that it is executing
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