Maven vs. Ant

Question

If there is Maven does it at all make sense to learn and use Ant?

Answer 1

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/80622/maven-or-ant

Answer 2

This article will probably clarify things for you:

Excerpt:

Ant and Maven are different. Maven is not just a building tool, it provide an organization and a structure layer. All you do in ant can be done in Maven because you can call ant target.

Answer 3

See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/80622/maven-or-ant

Answer 4

yes, two main reasons:

1. Ant is the underlining engine that makes maven work
2. Ant unlike Maven is straightforward and simple - learning the basics is a matter of minutes not hours.

two minor reasons:

1. A lot of other projects use Ant and you might need to tinker with their build process.
2. What happens when you need to extend Maven, from what I know this can be done via extending Ant