Apache Maven is most popular build manager for Java projects which combines build and dependency managers. But for some reason you don’t want the complexities of Maven or prefer Ant for build process then Ivy would be the next best choice for automated dependency management.
Ivy is a popular dependency manager from Apache. It fits perfectly with Ant to automate dependency management and improves the project build system. IvyDE is a Eclipse plugin which integrates Ivy dependency management with Eclipse.
One of the frequently asked question by new Ivy users is to suggest a tutorial which can help them to understand Ivy in easy steps. Beginners Guide is written and published keeping this question in mind.
This Step by Step guide helps beginners in understanding basic Ivy concepts/tasks and use them straight away in their projects either through Ant build or in Eclipse IDE.