Java Build

Apr 3, 2021

Ant - Apache Ant was one of the first frameworks to automate the compilation and building of Java libraries. It is known for its imperative, task-oriented, nature as well as its (much despised) XML-based configuration. 🌐
Gradle - Gradle is supposed to improve over Maven shortcomings; in particular, by being able to override conventions in a more user-friendly manner and supporting more languages other than just Java. 🌐
Maven - Apache Maven is the de facto Java build tool. It is known for its convention-over-configuration philosophy and declarative approach which results in less boilerplate compared to Ant. 🌐

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