Compile NetBeans project from command line by using Ant

Question

I have a NetBeans project I would like to compile from the command line. There are many other questions on StackOverflow about how to do so, but they explain how to compile the

Answer 1

ant compile Compiles the project (.class files are placed in the build/classes folder)

ant jar Compiles the project (see above) and builds a JAR ( located in dist/ )

If that doesn't work for you, check ant's output for errors. (Is the JAVA_HOME Variable set properly?)

Answer 2

I'm totally agnostic IDE developer. After several frustrating years trying to emerge "netbeans ant config" to something usable from command line I became to create a wrapper for netbeans ant.

https://github.com/albfan/ant-netbeans

By now you can:

• detect defined targets with standard

$ ant tabtab

• Rely on project will honor JDK_HOME

and most important

• Expect all ant target to complete smoothly, passing test and whatever stuff implied.