Apache Ant Advanced Training
Scale Ant to large multi-project builds with macros, Ivy dependency management, code audits and WAR deployment. Learn Apache Ant through a clear Foundation to Advanced path, with hands-on labs, live cohort options, certification support and full LMS access.
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Self-paced video subscription
Billed yearly at ₹9,996. This includes all four levels, complete LMS access for one year, plus 20+ additional courses and 50+ tools access.
- All four Apache Ant levels in one price.
- 20+ additional courses and 50+ tools included, even when subscribing to one course.
- Best fit for learners who want full-library access and flexible progress.
Live & Interactive session
Instructor-led cohort, max 8 to 10 hours, with demos, labs, Q&A, assignments and practical review.
- Live small-batch cohort from soon.
- Interactive discussion and lab troubleshooting.
- Recommended for teams that need guided implementation.
1:1 Live training
The same agenda, taught one-to-one by the trainer. Start immediately, without waiting for the next batch. Max 8 to 10 hours, one-to-one.
About Apache Ant Advanced Training.
Understand where Apache Ant fits in modern software delivery, what this level covers, and how the program builds practical confidence step by step.
Program overview
Apache Ant is taught as a practical technical skill for modern engineering, operations and platform teams. The course explains where the tool fits, how it is used in real delivery environments, and how learners can apply it through guided practice.
This DevOpsSchool Apache Ant program is built for working professionals who want usable skills instead of only conceptual exposure. The training emphasizes live examples, workflow clarity, operational controls and progressive skill depth from Foundation to Advanced.
Private Apache Ant training for delivery teams, platform groups and engineering organizations.
DevOpsSchool provides corporate Apache Ant training for teams that need faster adoption, workflow standardization, administrative control, integration guidance and governance-ready rollout. Private batches can be aligned to development practice, release workflow, access model, maturity level and internal tooling.
- Private online or classroom delivery for engineering teams
- Aligned to Apache Ant usage maturity, admin depth and collaboration patterns
- Useful for rollout, migration, governance and workflow consistency goals
- Can be tailored for developers, administrators, DevOps teams and leadership stakeholders
Why teams use DevOpsSchool
DevOpsSchool combines live demonstration, practical workflow discussion, implementation-oriented examples, and strong post-session learning support. That makes the training more usable for real teams than generic slide-led courses.
Choose any level. The page still shows the full progression.
Foundation, Essential, Intermediate and Advanced are presented as one linked training flow. Self-paced buyers get all levels by default, even if they start from only one course page.
Instructor-led, self-paced and corporate delivery options.
Compare delivery format, duration, level access and batch style. Fees are shown only in the top decision panel and once again after the agenda.
| Duration | Mode | Level access | Batch |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 to 10 Hrs. max | Live & Interactive | Advanced | Public batch |
| 8 to 10 Hrs. max | 1:1 Live training | Advanced | Starts immediately |
| 1 year LMS access | Self-paced video | All 4 levels | Anytime access |
| 5 Days | Corporate | Apache Ant Advanced Training | Private team batch |
What learners should be able to do after Apache Ant training.
The outcomes are written for practical delivery teams: developers, DevOps engineers, release engineers, administrators and technical leads.
Write maintainable Ant builds
Structure build files with clear targets, properties, datatypes and reusable macros.
Automate test and packaging
Run JUnit suites with reports and produce JAR, WAR, Zip and Unix packages from one build.
Scale and distribute builds
Manage dependencies with Ivy, coordinate large projects and distribute releases through CI.
Why this skill, what you will achieve, and who should attend.
Use this section to decide whether the course matches your role, current experience and expected Apache Ant responsibilities before reviewing the detailed agenda.
Why Apache Ant matters
- Apache Ant helps teams standardize a critical part of their software delivery, infrastructure, automation or operations workflow.
- It gives learners a repeatable way to move from basic usage to confident execution in team and enterprise environments.
- For DevOps and platform teams, Apache Ant becomes more valuable when connected with automation, governance, monitoring and delivery practices.
- Teams using Apache Ant effectively reduce ad-hoc execution and move toward consistent engineering standards.
Objectives
- Understand Apache Ant concepts, architecture, terminology and operational usage patterns.
- Learn practical configuration, workflow design, access controls, team usage and quality practices.
- Apply Apache Ant in real delivery workflows using automation, integrations, traceability and governance patterns.
- Build practical confidence to use Apache Ant for individual, team and organizational use cases.
Pre-requisites
- Basic computer literacy and familiarity with software development workflows.
- Helpful but not mandatory: introductory DevOps, cloud, automation or software delivery awareness.
- No deep programming background is required for the Foundation and Essential levels.
Who this course is for
- Developers, administrators and engineers who need practical Apache Ant usage skills.
- DevOps engineers, release engineers, SREs and platform teams managing delivery standards.
- Engineering leads and technical managers responsible for workflow quality, access controls and governance.
- Corporate teams migrating to or standardizing on Apache Ant.
Small-batch live training starts every month.
Weekday batches start on the 1st and weekend batches on the first Saturday of every month. One-to-one (1:1) training can start immediately; corporate sessions are scheduled on demand.
Weekend live batch
Starts on the first Saturday of every month. Weekend sessions with demos, labs and Q&A; max 10 learners.
Weekday live batch
Starts on the 1st of every month. Weekday sessions for working professionals and distributed teams; max 10 learners.
Ask advisorAgenda depth up to the selected level.
This page shows the learning flow from Foundation through Advanced. Each level adds to the previous one, and the agenda stops at the current page level. Day counts are for corporate (day-wise) delivery; live online batches cover the same agenda in max 8 to 10 hours.
Foundation Level: Ant concepts, installation and first buildDay 1
- Introduction to Apache Ant: what Ant is, XML build files, projects, targets and tasks
- What makes Ant so special: portability, extensibility through Java tasks and IDE and CI support
- When to use Ant and when not to: custom Java builds versus convention-driven build tools
- Alternatives to Ant: Maven, Gradle and Make, and how Ant pairs with Ivy
- Installing Ant: JDK, ANT_HOME and PATH setup, ant -version and the Ant 1.10 line
- A first Ant build: defining the first project, step zero creating the project directory
- Step one, verifying the tools are in place: java, javac and ant on the path
- Step two and three: writing your first Ant build file and running your first build
- Step four, imposing structure: src, build and dist directories with mkdir, delete and javac
- Step five, running our program: the java task, classpath and program arguments
- Ant command-line options: -f, -projecthelp, -D, -verbose, -debug, -keep-going and -logfile
- Examining the final build file: reviewing targets, then running the build under an IDE such as Eclipse or IntelliJ IDEA
Essential Level = Foundation + datatypes, properties, JUnit, packaging and executionDay 2 · 2 days cumulative
- Understanding Ant datatypes and properties: preliminaries and introducing datatypes and properties with javac
- Paths: path and classpath structures, pathelement entries and reuse with refid
- Filesets and selectors: include and exclude patterns, filename, contains, date and size selectors
- Additional Ant datatypes: filelist, dirset, patternset and filterset
- Properties: immutability, property files, environment variables and controlling Ant with properties
- Managing library dependencies and resources: lib folders, Ant's resource data model and best practices
- Testing with JUnit: what testing is and why do it, introducing the application and how to test a program
- The JUnit task: introducing JUnit, batchtest, formatters, forking and junitlauncher for JUnit 5
- Generating HTML test reports: junitreport, advanced testing techniques and testing best practices
- Packaging projects: working with files, introducing mappers and modifying files as you go with filters
- Creating JAR files: preparing to package, manifests and testing with JAR files
- Creating Zip files and packaging for Unix: zip, tar, gzip, tarfileset permissions and working with resources
- Executing programs: running programs under Ant, the java task with fork and the exec task for native programs
- Advanced java and exec, bulk operations with apply: timeouts, output redirection and best practices
Intermediate Level = Essential + distribution, good build files and CI integrationDay 3 · 3 days cumulative
- Distributing an application: preparing for distribution with checksums, version numbers and signing
- FTP-based distribution of a packaged application: the ftp task and its optional libraries
- Email-based distribution of a packaged application: the mail task with attachments and SMTP settings
- Secure distribution with SSH and SCP: scp and sshexec tasks, key files and known hosts
- HTTP download and distribution over multiple channels: the get task and multi-channel release targets
- Putting it all together: how to write good build files, naming targets, descriptions and layout
- Building the diary library: an end-to-end build that compiles, tests, packages and distributes
- Adopting Ant: building an existing project under Ant and replacing ad hoc shell scripts
- Conditional logic: condition, available, fail and target if and unless attributes
- Build metadata: tstamp, buildnumber, echoproperties and reproducible version properties
- Ant in CI: running Ant builds in Jenkins and GitHub Actions and publishing test reports
- Troubleshooting builds: -verbose and -debug output, classpath errors and BuildException messages
Advanced Level = Intermediate + optional tasks, big projects, Ivy and web deploymentDays 4-5 · 5 days cumulative
- Beyond Ant's core tasks: the many categories of Ant tasks, installing optional tasks and optional tasks in action
- Software configuration management under Ant: Git and Subversion integration through tasks and exec
- Using third-party tasks: taskdef, antlib declarations and the Ant-contrib tasks such as if, for and trycatch
- Code auditing with Checkstyle: the checkstyle task, rule sets and failing builds on violations
- Working with big projects: master builds for large projects and controlling child builds with ant and subant
- Advanced delegation: inheriting build files through import, include and extension points
- Ant's macro facilities: applying presetdef and writing macros with macrodef
- Managing dependencies with Ivy: introducing and installing Ivy, ivy.xml and resolving, reporting and retrieving
- Working across projects with Ivy: publishing modules, shared repositories and Maven repository resolution
- Developing for the web: developing a web application and building the WAR file with the war task
- Deployment: deploying WAR files to Apache Tomcat and what you can expect at runtime
- Writing custom Ant tasks in Java: extending Task, attributes, nested elements and packaging as an antlib
- Migration paths: calling Ant from Maven with the antrun plugin and importing Ant builds into Gradle
- Capstone: multi-module enterprise build with Ivy, Checkstyle, tests and automated WAR deployment
Choose live training or a full year of self-paced access.
If someone buys Foundation, Essential, Intermediate or Advanced as self-paced video, the price stays the same and access is granted to all four levels by default.
Self-paced video subscription
Billed yearly at ₹9,996. This includes all four levels, complete LMS access for one year, plus 20+ additional courses and 50+ tools access.
- All four Apache Ant levels in one price.
- 20+ additional courses and 50+ tools included, even when subscribing to one course.
- Best fit for learners who want full-library access and flexible progress.
Live & Interactive session
Instructor-led cohort, max 8 to 10 hours, with demos, labs, Q&A, assignments and practical review.
- Live small-batch cohort from soon.
- Interactive discussion and lab troubleshooting.
- Recommended for teams that need guided implementation.
1:1 Live training
The same agenda, taught one-to-one by the trainer. Start immediately, without waiting for the next batch. Max 8 to 10 hours, one-to-one.
- Start immediately: no waiting for the monthly batch.
- One learner, one trainer: full attention on your questions.
- Sessions planned around your working hours.
- Your pace, with examples from your own projects and tools.
Method of training and assessment.
The course emphasizes practical demonstration, hands-on labs and assignment-based validation instead of passive lecture-only learning.
| SL | Method of training and assessment | Weightage |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Understanding the problem space | 5% |
| 2 | Concept discussion | 10% |
| 3 | Live demo and walkthrough | 25% |
| 4 | Lab and hands-on exercises | 50% |
| 5 | Assignments and evaluation | 10% |
Labs, exercises and real workflow practice.
Every level moves from explanation to hands-on practice, review and troubleshooting.
Write and run your first build
Create a small Java project, write a build file with init, compile, run and clean targets and run it from the CLI and an IDE.
Test and package a Java library
Extend the build with filesets and properties, run JUnit tests with an HTML report and package the library as JAR, Zip and tar.gz.
Release pipeline for the diary library
Build, test and package the diary library, then distribute it via SCP and HTTP from a Jenkins job with versioned artifacts.
Multi-module build with Ivy
Create a master build for three modules sharing macros, resolve dependencies with Ivy, audit code with Checkstyle and deploy a WAR.
Apache Ant is taught as part of a working delivery ecosystem.
You learn where the tool sits in the wider engineering workflow, not in isolation.
Core foundations
Terminology, concepts, architecture and the operating model behind the tool.
Workflow traceability
Map practical work to tasks, approvals, documentation and delivery visibility.
Automation and integration
Use Apache Ant with validation checks, automation hooks and delivery workflows.
Governance controls
Operate with permissions, approvals, policy checks and production-safe workflows.
How your practical work is assessed.
Your certificate is backed by labs, assignments, capstone thinking and completion evidence.
Assignments
Level-specific assignments verify setup, configuration, workflow quality and operating discipline.
Hands-on validation
Learners are expected to complete practical usage, automation and troubleshooting exercises.
Completion record
Certificate issuance is tied to demonstrated participation, practical completion and course-level coverage.
Led by Rajesh Kumar and the DevOpsSchool practitioner network.
Training is grounded in practical DevOps, SRE, security, release and platform engineering experience with real enterprise delivery context.
Earn a DevOpsSchool Apache Ant certificate.
Completion includes a digital certificate with credential details, practical assignments and a learning record aligned to the selected Apache Ant level.
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Used by developers, DevOps engineers, release leads and engineering managers.
Private batches are available for teams that want the same agenda aligned to their own tools and workflows.
Why this Apache Ant path is different.
The value is not only one course. The subscription unlocks the full learning ecosystem for one year.
| Feature | DevOpsSchool Apache Ant Training | Typical short course |
|---|---|---|
| Levels | Foundation, Essential, Intermediate, Advanced | Single generic syllabus |
| Self-paced access | All four levels plus 20+ courses and 50+ tools | Usually one course only |
| Live training | Demos, labs, Q&A and assignment review | Often lecture-heavy |
| Certificate | DevOpsSchool completion certificate | Varies by provider |
Questions learners ask before joining.
Does Foundation cost less than Advanced?
No. Self-paced pricing is intentionally the same because access includes all four levels by default.
What is included in the yearly subscription?
One year of complete LMS access, all four levels for the selected course, plus 20+ additional courses and 50+ tools access.
Can corporate teams request customization?
Yes. The live format can be aligned to team tools, governance requirements, workflows and internal delivery standards.
What is the recommended sequence?
Foundation → Essential → Intermediate → Advanced. The agenda is designed so each level builds on the previous one.
Talk to DevOpsSchool before choosing the batch.
Use this support section for batch questions, corporate planning, LMS access clarifications, or guidance on which Apache Ant level fits your team.
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