I was rather happy with Ant; its tasks were usually 100% spot-on, but scripting them was a PITA and there was no downloading of Jars. Gradle was easy to start

I was rather happy with Ant; its tasks were usually 100% spot-on, but scripting them was a PITA and there was no downloading of Jars. Gradle was easy to start with, but it hides way too many things that end up biting you in the back (sourceSets, anyone?) and those build.gradle files gets way too big. Too bad there is not much choice.