Ant script to download and configure the Netbeans platform, which enables Netbeans platform applications to be built without the IDE

configure.xml

<!--
	Netbeans Platform Download-and-Config
	Copyright 2013, 2016, Andrew Bythell <abythell@ieee.org>
	http://angryelectron.com/

	This Ant script is used to download and configure the Netbeans platform,
	allowing Netbeans platform applications to be built without the IDE. 
  -->

<project name="configure-platform" default="configure" basedir=".">

    <!--
	User-settings	
    -->
    <property name="version" value="8.1"/>

    <!--
	These don't need to modified
    -->
    <path id="basedir.path"> <pathelement path="${basedir}" /> </path>
    <pathconvert targetos="unix" property="basedir.unix" refid="basedir.path"/>
    <property name="netbeans" value="${basedir.unix}/netbeans-${version}"/>
    <property name="bootstrap.url" value="http://deadlock.netbeans.org/job/nbms-and-javadoc/lastStableBuild/artifact/nbbuild/netbeans/harness/tasks.jar"/>
    <property name="netbeans.updatecenter.url" value="http://updates.netbeans.org/netbeans/updates/${version}/uc/final/distribution/catalog.xml.gz"/>

    <!--
	Download the Netbeans platform and build harness
    -->
    <target name="download">
        <mkdir dir="${netbeans}/harness"/>
        <get 
		src="${bootstrap.url}" 
		dest="${netbeans}/harness/tasks.jar" 
		usetimestamp="true" 
		verbose="true"
	/>
        <taskdef name="autoupdate" 
		classname="org.netbeans.nbbuild.AutoUpdate" 
		classpath="${netbeans}/harness/tasks.jar"
	/>
        <autoupdate installdir="${netbeans}" updatecenter="${netbeans.updatecenter.url}">
            <modules includes=".*" clusters="harness[0-9]*"/>
            <modules includes=".*" clusters="platform[0-9]*"/>
        </autoupdate>
    </target>


    <!-- 
	Configure the Netbeans build harness to use the downloaded platform 
    -->
    <target name="configure" depends="download">
	<mkdir dir="nbproject/private"/>
	<echo file="nbproject/private/platform-private.properties">user.properties.file=${basedir.unix}/nbproject/private/build.properties${line.separator}</echo>
	<echo file="nbproject/private/build.properties">nbplatform.default.harness.dir=${nbplatform.default.netbeans.dest.dir}/harness${line.separator}</echo>
	<echo file="nbproject/private/build.properties" append="true">nbplatform.default.netbeans.dest.dir=${netbeans}${line.separator}</echo>
    </target>

    <!--
	Remove the downloaded platform and build harness.  This allows the Netbeans IDE to set the paths
	to the stock values.
    -->
    <target name="clean">
	<delete dir="nbproject/private" />
	<delete dir="${netbeans}" />
    </target>

</project>

Hello @abythell, there is a little mistake in your script.
Line :23
There is a whitespace between /artifact nbbuild/
Your script has been really helpful, but still struggling to complete the build.

Cheers!

Noted and corrected. Fixed outdated URLs. Updated to use platform version 8.1.