I'm no longer a java n00b
I just built my first .jar using ant!
C:\hsqldb\build>ant hsqldb
Buildfile: build.xml
init:
javaversion6:
javaversion4:
javaversion2:
-prepare:
... and so on resulted in ....
hsqldb:
[jar] Building jar: C:\hsqldb\lib\hsqldb.jar
BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 21 seconds