On 13 December 2013 19:48, Malte Skoruppa <skoru...@cs.uni-saarland.de> wrote: >> Just scanning http://maven.apache.org and its not obvious by the >> content on the page where the books are. >> >> Its over in the menu on the left under Documentation > Books and Resources >> >> I wonder if we should add a section under "Learning about Maven". >> >> When you might have gone looking, where would you expect to find this >> info? >> > > I actually only learned about the books from this mailing list. A new user > won't usually read the entire menu. They will just scan it. > To get started with Maven on the website, I only read the documentation > links under "User Centre". I think it would be a good idea if at least the > "Getting Started Guide" had one sentence at the very end that went something > like "To find out more about Maven, check out the <a href=...>books</a>!" > Then, at least everybody who checks out the Getting Started Guide at least > KNOWS that there are books ;-)
Ok, I'll get around to patching that. > Meanwhile, one doesn't necessarily have to buy a book to learn about the > Maven lifecycle. This is also explained on the website: > http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-the-lifecycle.html Yes, but it doesn't go into enough details. The *free* books do. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org
