Can anyone tell me about ant build tool?

[Chuthu]

I am new to Java programming.
Can anyone tell me what is meant by 'building your source files'?
And what is meant by Ant build tool? Why is it used?
What is the meaning of ant clean, ant make -iface and ant dist?
For which programs should these commands be applied?

[r035198x]

I am new to Java programming.
Can anyone tell me what is meant by 'building your source files'?
And what is meant by Ant build tool? Why is it used?
What is the meaning of ant clean, ant make -iface and ant dist?
For which programs should these commands be applied?

Google is your friend.

[JosAH]

Google is your friend.

Might be but it took google a whole 0.33 seconds to come up with this.
Can you imagine what I could've done in all that time?

kind regards,

Jos