Apache Ant for Java

[Gimmpy224]

Has anyone ever used it and can help me understand how it works, Im currently reading a book about programming games in JAVA and the IDE they use is Apache Ant and I cant for the life of me figure out how the thing is set up and ran lol.

Also, what languages are more commonly used today in software and game developement?

[Heretic]

Ant is basically a build tool. Theoretically, you could use any IDE you want.

Some Ant resources:
http://ant.apache.org/faq.html#what-is-ant
http://ant.apache.org/manual/index.html
http://wiki.apache.org/ant/FrontPage

(Desktop) Game development is generally done in C/C++. Cell phone apps tend to be written in Java or some other cell phone platform languages.

Software development is a large field...you can find people developing in just about every language. Last time I checked, Java and C#/ASP.NET were the two biggest "wants" on job listings, with the former beating the latter.

[Gimmpy224]

I thought C# was the most wanted but I wasnt sure.

I already know C++ and Java I just wasnt sure which would be the best for Desktop game coding. As of yet im unsure if I want to write browser based games or desktop :). I know java is definetly the better pick for browser based.

And thanks for the help on Ant too lol, it def makes more sense now 0,o