Introducing Maven
Apache Maven is a tool that is used for building and managing Java-based projects. It is an open source project hosted at http://maven.apache.org and comes bundled with the NetBeans IDE. Maven simplifies many steps common to all Java development projects and provides numerous features, including the following:
- The provision of convention over configuration. Maven comes with a series of predefined targets for performing certain well-defined tasks including compilation, testing, and packaging of projects. All tasks are managed through a single configuration file:
pom.xml. - A consistent coding structure and project framework. Each Maven project has the same directory structure and location for source files, test files, build files, ...
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