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Why do we need Java ant. I know that it incrementally compiles java source code and provides a way for the programmer to define this process in an XML file. I dont know Ant!!!<br />
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Why cant i write my application in an Netbeans IDE (which comes with TOMCAT), and let the IDE worry about compiling and running the code, which ever way it wants to. Why do i need Ant then. It adds over head...to learn Ant and write the build process (in XML). The IDE comes with Tomcat which i learnt just now. Since yesterday, i have been spending time dowloading TOMCAT and JavaANT and setting environment variables.. Can any one help me understand why i should not let IDE worry about everything?<br />
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and this process does not tell me how to link these separate tools to make a java application
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Why do we need Java ant. I know that it incrementally compiles java source code and provides a way for the programmer to define this process in an XML file. I dont know Ant!!!

Why cant i write my application in an Netbeans IDE (which comes with TOMCAT), and let the IDE worry about compiling and running the code, which ever way it wants to. Why do i need Ant then. It adds over head...to learn Ant and write the build process (in XML). The IDE comes with Tomcat which i learnt just now. Since yesterday, i have been spending time dowloading TOMCAT and JavaANT and setting environment variables.. Can any one help me understand why i should not let IDE worry about everything?

and this process does not tell me how to link these separate tools to make a java application

Why should i not use NetBeans and stop worrying about ANT

Java is a platform-independent, object-oriented programming language and run-time environment, designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible such that developers can write one set of code across all platforms using libraries. Most devices will not run Java natively, and require a run-time component to be installed in order to execute a Java program.