Question

What are differences between Maven and ANT?

Answer 1

Ant	Maven
Because Ant lacks formal conventions, we must include project structure information in the build.xml file.	Maven has a convention for storing source code, compiled code, and so forth. As a result, we don't need to provide project structure information in the pom.xml file.
Ant is procedural, so you'll need to write code to tell it what to do and when to do it. You must maintain order.	Maven has a convention for storing source code, compiled code, and so forth. As a result, we don't need to provide project structure information in the pom.xml file.
Ant has no life cycle.	Maven has a life cycle.
Ant is a toolbox.	Maven is a framework.
Ant is primarily a build tool.	Maven is primarily a project management tool.
The ant scripts can not be reused.	The maven plugins can be reused.