Using Ant tasks with Flash Builder 4

Question

Can someone help me get started with using ant in Flash Builder 4. I have never used ant before so I'm a complete novice. I will need to know how to get it installed in the first place, and how to do the basics.

Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

I just read a good article on using Ant but it was for Flex Builder 3, from the Adobe Developer Connection.

I couldn't find any good ones detailing Ant use with Flash Builder 4, but here's one article explaining installation for Flash Builder 4. You can probably use the build files from the Adobe Developer Connection article to get an understanding.

Answer 2

Since Flash Builder 4 is just Eclipse 3.5 (Galileo) with one of Adobe's plugins, you can use all the lessons learned from Eclipse:

http://help.eclipse.org/help33/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user/gettingStarted/qs-81_basics.htm

http://onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/excerpt/anttdg2_ch11/index.html?page=1