IDE Integration
All the modern Java IDEs support Apache Ant almost out of the box.
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    AntWork Plugin for the Jext Java Text Editor
    (unbundled)
  
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    JDEE (Java Development Environment for
    Emacs) has built-in text Ant integration: selection of target through text field, execution,
    hyperlink to compilation errors. Installation: built-in JDEE 2.2.8 or later. Configuration:
    through customize menu "Jde Build Function"
  
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    IDEA has built-in GUI ANT
    integration: GUI selection of targets, execution, hyperlink to compilation errors
  
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    NetBeans IDE uses Ant as the basis for its
    project system starting with the 4.0 release
  
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    jEdit is an open source Java IDE with some great
    plugins for Java dev, a good XML editor and the Antfarm plugin to execute targets in a build
    file
  
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    Eclipse is IBM's counterpoint to NetBeans; an
    open source IDE with Java and Ant support
  
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    Virtual Ant GUI allows you
    to work on a Virtual File System without dealing with the XML; plugs into Eclipse, Netbeans
    & IntelliJ
  
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    WebSphere Studio
    Application Developer