What tools I need?

I'm learning j2ee tutorial.It says I must download "ant" (ant's link cannot access now). If I have an IDE like "eclips" or "JBuilder", I still need that "ant"?(What exactly is it?)
[189 byte] By [QuJuna] at [2007-10-2 1:49:56]
# 1
> ant's link cannot access nowWorks fine for me... http://ant.apache.org/
yawmarka at 2007-7-15 19:31:07 > top of Java-index,Java Essentials,New To Java...
# 2
Thanks for answering!but I had clicked this url " http://ant.apache.org/" for two days, I never open its page (maybe is my network's problem) any other way?
QuJuna at 2007-7-15 19:31:07 > top of Java-index,Java Essentials,New To Java...
# 3

> Thanks for answering!

> but I had clicked this url "http://ant.apache.org/"

> for two days, I never open its page (maybe is my

> network's problem) any other way?

Are you in China?

Try this link (I don't know if it will work any better for you, but it's worth a shot):

http://www.wmwweb.com/apache/ant/binaries/apache-ant-1.6.5-bin.zip

yawmarka at 2007-7-15 19:31:07 > top of Java-index,Java Essentials,New To Java...
# 4
>>Are you in China?Yes! thanks again.(downloading...)Is it impossible access there in China?
QuJuna at 2007-7-15 19:31:07 > top of Java-index,Java Essentials,New To Java...
# 5

> >>Are you in China?

> Yes! thanks again.(downloading...)

Good; glad you got it to work. Ant is an excellent tool. Documentation is included with the download, so not being able to access the website shouldn't be too big an issue.

> Is it impossible access there in China?

I don't know. I've only read news that China has implemented somewhat aggressive [url=http://www.google.com/search?q=china+internet+filter]internet filtering[/url], and wondered if that might be somehow related to the problem you're having.

Good luck, and happy coding!

yawmarka at 2007-7-15 19:31:07 > top of Java-index,Java Essentials,New To Java...