RE: site is very confusing for beginners - how to get list of archetypes - link on faq is broken

2008-05-08 Thread Brian E. Fox
Maven Users List Subject: Re: site is very confusing for beginners - how to get list of archetypes - link on faq is broken Hi Rick- Please update Maven 2 JIRA so engineers may be apprised http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNGSITE-51 Thanks Martin - Original Message - From: "Rick" &l

RE: site is very confusing for beginners - how to get list of archetypes - link on faq is broken

2008-05-08 Thread Doron Solomon
might find this online book more useful to help you get started: http://www.sonatype.com/book/. Good luck! Regards, Doron -Original Message- From: Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: May 8, 2008 11:15 To: Maven Users List Subject: Re: site is very confusing for beginners - how to get

Re: site is very confusing for beginners - how to get list of archetypes - link on faq is broken

2008-05-08 Thread Martin
Hi Rick- Please update Maven 2 JIRA so engineers may be apprised http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNGSITE-51 Thanks Martin - Original Message - From: "Rick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 10:06 AM Subject: site is very confusing for beginners - how to get list of

Re: site is very confusing for beginners - how to get list of archetypes - link on faq is broken

2008-05-08 Thread Wendy Smoak
On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 7:06 AM, Rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Eventually I give up and figure I'll browse the FAQ. There happens to > be a link "How do I get a list of archetypes" but when I click on it I > get a 404 http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/maven/archetype/trunk/maven-archetypes The c

Re: site is very confusing for beginners - how to get list of archetypes - link on faq is broken

2008-05-08 Thread Rick
Awesome. thanks guys. On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 10:12 AM, Chad La Joie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You might want to start here: > > http://www.sonatype.com/book/ > > I tried learning Maven from the website as well and found it nearly > impossible. I don't use the site as anything more than a ref

Re: site is very confusing for beginners - how to get list of archetypes - link on faq is broken

2008-05-08 Thread Chad La Joie
You might want to start here: http://www.sonatype.com/book/ I tried learning Maven from the website as well and found it nearly impossible. I don't use the site as anything more than a reference manual for plugin options. Rick wrote: I'm really struggling with the way the maven2 site is or

Re: site is very confusing for beginners - how to get list of archetypes - link on faq is broken

2008-05-08 Thread Russell Bateman
I agree totally and I finally just came to this forum to get answers. Someone told me about Sonatype's document which is, in my observation, the definitive reference for beginners on Maven. My personal, emerging notes including a link to that document and other useful links can be found at http