There is a shortcut.

If you download a small jakarta project, such as Log4J, which is built by ant. It is a GOOD and simple EXAMPLE for you to learn ant. Actually, you HIT two birds with one stone.

Ant is easy!

The hard part is how to make a very COMPLICATED diversified system work very simple and elegant. Knowledge about ant is not enough, you NEED an elegant and simple design, you need great naming convention, you need to optimize the code reusability and flexibility, you need a least maintenance system...

Then it is not easy now .

There is a shortcut.

If you download a small jakarta project, such as Log4J, which is built by ant. It is a good and simple example for you to learn ant. Actually, you hit two birds with one stone.

Ant is easy!

The hard part is how to make a very complicated diversified system work very simple and elegant. Knowledge about ant is not enough, you need an elegant and simple design, you need great naming convention, you need to optimize the code reusability and flexibility, you need a least maintenance system...

Then it is not easy now .