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==Tutorials==
* [http://individual.utoronto.ca/kia/ Eclipse based Tutorial ]
* Notes from Joran [[User:JAnastasiade| Jordan Anastasiade tutorial]] Notes and [http://ant.apache.org/manual/ Apache Manual]
: Ant is a Java-based build tool. Instead of a model where it is extended with shell-based commands, ant is extended using Java classes
:Instead of writing shell commands, the configuration files are XML-based, calling out a target tree where various tasks get executed.
::set JAVA_HOME=...
::set PATH=%PATH%;%ANT_HOME%\bin
:ant buildfiles are written in XML – build.xml. Each buildfile contains one project and at least one (default) target.
<source lang=java>
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!-- compile java files from all subdirectories -->
<project name="First" default="build" basedir=".">
<target name="build" >
<javac srcdir="."
debug="false"
optimize="false"
includes="**/*.java"
/>
</target>
</project>
</source>
:A project has three attributes: '''name''': the name of the project. '''default''': the default target to use when no target is supplied. '''basedir''': the base directory from which all path calculations are done
: Each project defines one or more targets which are a set of task elements you want to execute
: When starting ant, you can select which target(s) you want to have executed
:A target has the following attributes: '''name''': the name of the target. '''depends''': a comma-separated list of names of targets. '''if''': the name of the property that must be set in order for this target to execute
:It should be noted, however, that Ant's depends attribute only specifies the order in which targets should be executed - it does not affect whether the target that specifies the dependency(s) gets executed if the dependent target(s) did not (need to) run.
::'''NOTE''': In Cygwin in the ''build'' folder. Just typing ''ant'', will build the default target of the project. But typing '' ant assign1.test'' for example, will build dependents too.
