Introducing Maven

Meet Maven, the powerful build system for Java projects. Learn the basics of using Maven for dependency management, builds, and reporting.

Introduction

• Building Java the Maven way
• What you need to know

1. Maven Basics

• Introduction to Apache Maven
• The Java project structure
• The POM file
• POM properties
• Dependencies
• Build
• Reporting
• Reactors and parents
• Understanding archetypes

2. Build

• Introduction to the build lifecycle
• Leveraging build plugins
• Core plugins
• Tools plugins
• Packaging plugins

3. Dependencies

• Scope
• Transitive dependencies
• Dependency management
• Dependency goals
• Uber JARs

4. Reporting

• Maven sites
• Site look and feel
• Common reporting plugins

Conclusion

• Next steps