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| <h1>Ant & external tools tutorial</h1> |
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| This chapter covers Eclipse's external tools framework, and its |
| integration with <a href="http://ant.apache.org/">Ant</a>, the build tool from |
| the <a href="http://www.apache.org/">Apache Software Foundation</a>. For more |
| information on Ant, see the <a href="http://ant.apache.org/manual/index.html">Apache |
| Ant manual</a> for documentation. This chapter assumes a basic knowledge of |
| Ant. |
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| This chapter is split into three main sections. |
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| <li><a href="qs-81_basics.htm">Eclipse Ant basics</a>: the basics of working with Ant buildfiles in Eclipse are covered</li> |
| <li><a href="qs-92_project_builders.htm">Ant build files as project builders</a>: several Eclipse use cases are discussed</li> |
| <li><a href="qs-95_external_tools.htm">External tools</a>: the external tools framework and how to use non-Ant tools are covered</li> |
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