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I'm new to Ant, but my Eclipse project needs to be built by Ant before it will run. As I see it, there are two ways to run Ant: Either I run Ant via the External Tools menu, or I can create a Builder of type Ant Build. What is the difference between the two?<br />
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I notice that the Builder may give me the option of running Ant build continuously, rather than just when I want to run the program. Why would I want to run Ant continously? What's the point of building the program when I'm not planning to run it?<br />
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Thanks!
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I'm new to Ant, but my Eclipse project needs to be built by Ant before it will run. As I see it, there are two ways to run Ant: Either I run Ant via the External Tools menu, or I can create a Builder of type Ant Build. What is the difference between the two?

I notice that the Builder may give me the option of running Ant build continuously, rather than just when I want to run the program. Why would I want to run Ant continously? What's the point of building the program when I'm not planning to run it?

Thanks!

Ecplise: Should I ran Ant via External Tools or as a Builder?

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