Java build tools: ant vs maven vs gradle

Topic	Ant with Ivy	Maven	Gradle
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Released Year	2000	2004	2012
Build scripts format	XML	XML	Own DSL based on Groovy
Ability to download Dependency	No	Yes	Yes
Code Snippet	ivy.xml build.xml	pom.xml	build.gradle apply plugin: 'java' apply plugin: 'checkstyle' apply plugin: 'findbugs' apply plugin: 'pmd' version = '1.0' repositories { mavenCentral() } dependencies { testCompile group: 'junit', name: 'junit', version: '4.11' testCompile group: 'org.hamcrest', name: 'hamcrest-all', version: '1.3' }