Creating the base project

In order to make the process of building our sample project easier, we will use Maven. This wonderful software will create a base project at the blink of an eye, and our project can be easily compiled and packaged without depending on a specific IDE.

Maven uses archetypes for a specific kind of project. The archetypes are project templates that have been previously created; they allow us to create all kinds of applications from Java desktop applications to multimodule projects, where the EAR can contain several artifacts such as JAR and WAR. Its main objective is to get users up and running as quickly as possible by providing a sample project that demonstrates many of the features of Maven. If you want to learn more about ...

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