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 *Tools which handle the buildcycle of an application.*
 
-* [Apache Maven](http://maven.apache.org/) - Declarative build and dependency management which favors convention over configuration. It's preferable to Apache Ant which uses a rather procedural approach and can be rather difficult to maintain.
+* [Apache Maven](http://maven.apache.org/) - Declarative build and dependency management which favors convention over configuration. It's preferable to Apache Ant which uses a rather procedural approach and can be difficult to maintain.
 * [Gradle](http://www.gradle.org/) - Incremental builds which are programmed via Groovy instead of declaring XML. Works well with Maven's dependency management and treats Ant scripts as first-class citizens.
 
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