2. Getting Started with Maven

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• 0. About this Guide

  • Acknowledgements
  • About the Authors
  • Preface
  • Organization
  • Errata
  • How to Download the Source Code

• 1. Introducing Maven

  • Maven Overview
  • Maven’s Principles
  • Maven’s Benefits

• 2. Getting Started with Maven

  • Preparing to Use Maven
  • Creating your first Maven Project
  • Compiling Application Sources
  • Compiling Test Sources and Running Unit Tests
  • Packaging and Installation to your Repository
  • Handling Classpath Resources
  • Using Maven Plugins
  • Toolchains for Maven Plugins
  • Summary

• 3. Creating Applications with Maven

  • Introduction
  • Setting Up an Application Directory Structure
  • Using Project Inheritance
  • Managing Dependencies
  • Using Snapshots
  • Resolving Dependency Conflicts and Using Version Ranges
  • Utilizing the Build Life Cycle
  • Using Profiles
  • Deploying your Application
  • Creating a Website for your Application

• 4. Building J2EE Applications

  • Introduction
  • Introducing the DayTrader Application
  • Organizing the DayTrader Directory Structure
  • Building a Web Services Client Project
  • Building an EJB Project
  • Building an EJB Module with XDoclet
  • Deploying EJBS
  • Building a Web Application Project
  • Improving Web Development Productivity
  • Deploying Web Applications

• 5. Developing Custom Maven Plugins

  • Introduction
  • A Review of the Plugin Terminology
  • Bootstrapping Into Plugin Development
  • Developing your First Mojo
  • Advanced Mojo Development
  • Summary

• 6. Assessing Project Health with Maven

  • What does Maven have to do with Project Health
  • Adding Reports to the Website
  • Configuration of Reports
  • Separating Developer Reports from User Documentation
  • Choosing which Reports to Include
  • Creating Reference Material
  • Monitoring and Improving the Health of your Source Code
  • Monitoring and Improving the Health of your Tests
  • Monitoring and Improving the Health of your Dependencies
  • Monitoring and Improving the Health of your Releases

• 7. Team Collaboration with Maven

  • The Issues Facing Teams
  • Creating a Shared Repository
  • Continuous Integration with Maestro
  • How to Set up a Consistent Developer Environment
  • Creating an Organization POM
  • Continuous Integration with Maestro
  • Team Dependency Management Using Snapshots
  • Creating a Standard Project Archetype
  • Cutting a Release
  • Summary

• 8. Migrating to Maven

  • Introduction
  • Where to Begin?
  • Creating POM Files
  • Compiling
  • Testing
  • Other Modules
  • Restructuring the Code
  • Summary

• A. Resources for Plugin Developers

  • Maven’s Life Cycles
  • Mojo Parameter Expressions

• B. Standard Convention

  • Standard Directory Structure
  • Maven’s Super POM
  • Maven’s Default Build Life Cycle