what is the difference between Apache Tomcat and Apache Ant?

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Thank you for answering.

Answer 1

Tomcat is Just a container. and Ant is A buid tool.

Rather then using tomcat and Ant combo Go for some better combinations. That have inbuilt Build tool/Performance/Security Sense.



This combo is ok for Learning or some what Smaller concepts.



Any way

Happy Learning

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Alok Tiwari

India

Answer 2

Tomcat Vs Apache

Answer 3

Ant is a Java-based build tool. In theory, it is kind of like Make, without Make's wrinkles and with the full portability of pure Java code.



Apache Tomcat is an implementation of the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages technologies. The Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages specifications are developed under the Java Community Process.



Apache Tomcat is developed in an open and participatory environment and released under the Apache Software License. Apache Tomcat is intended to be a collaboration of the best-of-breed developers from around the world. We invite you to participate in this open development project. To learn more about getting involved, click here.



Apache Tomcat powers numerous large-scale, mission-critical web applications across a diverse range of industries and organizations. Some of these users and their stories are listed on the PoweredBy wiki page.

Answer 4

Hi,



Apache Ant is a software tool for automating software build processes. It is similar to make but is implemented using the Java language, requires the Java platform, and is best suited to building Java projects.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_Ant



Apache Tomcat is a Servlet container developed by the Apache Software Foundation (ASF). Tomcat implements the Java Servlet and the JavaServer Pages (JSP) specifications from Sun Microsystems, and provides a "pure Java" HTTP web server environment for Java code to run.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_Tomcat



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Answer 5

Tomcat is a server for running JSP and Java Servlets



Ant is a program for compiling Java programs with. The manual explains how to use it: http://ant.apache.org/manual/index.html

Answer 6

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