Virtual Ant 是可视化的 Ant，你可以直接在窗口中录制测试过程，创建 target，运行测试，基本就是点点鼠标的操作，很酷呀。此外它还可以整合到你喜欢的 IDE 中，如 Eclipse、Intellij Idea 和 Netbeans 等。唯一遗憾的是目前还不是开源的，也不是完全免费的。可以看一下官方提供的 demo 视频。

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