How to Work with Ant in NetBeans

Apache Ant is a Java-based build tool. Is kind of like the familiar Make tool in C/C++ environments, but without Make’s wrinkles. Ant is one of the most popular build tools in the Java world.

NetBeans IDE provides developers with all the tools needed to create professional cross-platform desktop, enterprise, web, and mobile applications. In the tutorial, you learn how to convert the Ant open-source project to a NetBeans project to develop, build, and test Ant within the Netbeans IDE.

Go to the Netbeans wiki to read the full tutorial.