How about we start a list of 'Resouces' in the maven docs including links to all these presentations?
Anyone else think it's a good idea? -- dIon Gillard, Multitask Consulting Work: http://www.multitask.com.au Developers: http://adslgateway.multitask.com.au/developers Rademacher Tobias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 08/11/2002 05:36:55 PM: > Hi Justen, > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Justen Stepka [mailto:jstepka@;webprogrammers.net] > > Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 4:36 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: http://jakarta.apache.org/turbine/maven/ and FAQ > > > > > > What is Maven? > > Maven is a project comprehension tool that offers Continuous Integration. > > Please see also: > > http://www.apache.org/~jstrachan/MavenJelly/MavenJelly.html > http://www.javausergroup.at/events/e19092002.htm. > http://www.martinfowler.com/articles/continuousIntegration.html > > > Please see the Goals and Features documents. > > > > I must say that I am more than confused as to what Maven > > really does after > > reading the Goals and features... > > > > Why do I want to use Maven (problem domain)? > > Maven is aimed to avoid you from stress writing batch scripts or shell > script or make files to build > your java projects. Have you ever tried to build a JAR with one of the > common IDE's? Normally such IDE features > are not very reliable and it often ends up in the batch file workaround. > Jakarata Ant builds your projects but Ant is not desinged to be reusable. So > you usally spent a lot of time hacking > ant scripts. > Maven is desinged for resuability by offering plugins and a extendable > scripting language much more powerfull than ant > tasks. For simple project's you have to write a short project xml descriptor > and start maven. Maven has standard goals with helps team members to easily > adopt it. You can compile, test your code and build a project documenation > including helpfull reports(metrics, test reports, checkstyle report etc...) > in one tool. Try that with one of the common IDE's. BTW most of such IDE's > are ressource eaters. For Maven you just needs a JVM and internet access. > Finally Maven keeps out your libaries form your source code archive. > > > How is Maven > > going to save me > > time? What tools does Maven integrate with? > > See the plugin documenation for currently supported stuff. I guess a lot > will contribute soon. You can write a own plugin if you need a special tool > support eg. code obfuscation. > > > > > Without answering these basic questions I have passed up > > downloading Maven > > and will stick with my current project management process :(.... > > What do you use? > > > > > Can anyone provide a clear understand for the average Joe who > > is browsing > > the ever growing number of Jakarta projects?! > > :-) Hope I helped you a little. > > Bye > Toby > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:turbine-maven-user- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:turbine-maven-user- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ForwardSourceID:NT0008C9A6 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:turbine-maven-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:turbine-maven-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org>
