Getting Started with Maven: A Beginner's Guide
A no-nonsense guide to learn Maven concepts for Java developers. Maven fundamentals crash course for beginners. This Maven fundamentals course is designed to help developers learn Maven, a powerful build automation tool to build, test, and deploy Java applications.
7 Lessons Maven
Preface
Maven is an industry-standard build tool, that simplifies software development by automating tasks, managing libraries, and streamlining collaboration. Its indispensability becomes apparent as projects evolve beyond simplicity, necessitating consistent methods for handling extensive sets of interconnected modules and libraries, incorporating numerous third-party components.
Maven provides a structured and standardized approach to building Java applications, making it easier for developers to manage the project dependencies. It uses a declarative approach to project configuration and uses an XML file called a Project Object Model pom.xml.
Imagine software development without dependency hell or endless build scripts. Maven makes it real. This beginner-friendly guide empowers you to harness Maven's potential, taming complexity and boosting development speed. Get ready to build better, faster, and smarter software with Maven.
What you will learn?
This book is a no-nonsense guide, and it cuts through the jargon, guide you through quickly focuses on the important bits to kick off your Java development. It explains the widely used basic and advanced Maven build configuration concepts.
This is a beginner's guide, hence you do not require any prior knowledge of Maven before taking this course.
Introduction to Maven
Chapter 1, Introduction to Maven, introduces Maven and discusses the overview of the features Maven offers and why to use the Maven build tool for your projects.
Installing and Configuring Maven
Chapter 2, Installing and Configuring Maven, discusses the prerequisites for using Maven, and guides through the Maven installation process. It also discusses briefly about the Maven ecosystem and the Apache Software License.
Creating Java Project using Maven Command Line
Chapter 3, Creating Java Project using Maven, walks you through a step-by-step process to create a Maven project using the Maven command line utility and discusses building and running Java applications. It also discusses briefly about the maven build life cycle.
Dependency Management in Maven
Chapter 4, Dependency Management in Maven, this chapter discusses one of the most important concepts of dependency management, direct and transitive dependencies, and discusses various maven scopes.
Local, Central, and Remote Repository in Maven
Chapter 5, Local, Central, and Remote Maven Repository, walks you through the various repository types and how they can be configured in the settings.xml file. It also covers the order maven attempts to resolve the dependency from different repositories.
Popular Maven Commands Cheat Sheet
Chapter 6, lists some of the most popular Maven commands with their use that every Java developer must know. Using these commands, you can easily build, test, and deploy your Java projects, and manage their dependencies and documentation.
Working with Profiles in Maven
Chapter 7- Working with Profiles in Maven, delves into managing profiles in Maven to customize the project’s build configuration for different environments or conditions.