> However, the http link to the book on sonatype.com is dead. It should be > updated. >
Hm, ok. I asked Sonatype some time ago to fix that. I'll remind them. /Anders > > It would also be helpful for users who scan that page if the free books > were somehow better visually highlighted. Like a big green button that says > "Free!" beside the corresponding book or whatever. > > > > On 12/13/2013 11:34 AM, Malte Skoruppa wrote: > >> >> 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. >>> >> >> This actually surprised me. Free? >> Looking at the "Books and Resources" page more closely, I found but *one* >> book that is free, namely the "Better Builds with Maven" (2006, covers >> Maven 2.0.4 - i.e., rather old). >> For all the other books, there are Amazon (and similar) links. >> >> If these other books are also freely available, this should certainly be >> put forward more clearly on the page, with appropriate links. >> >> Apart from the books, the "Books and Resources" page links to a plethora >> of articles on this and that about Maven. But that is not what you'd call a >> structured introduction to Maven, let alone a "book". (Well, at least, >> that's not where I'd go digging if I wanted to find out more about, say, >> the build lifecycle. I'd go to the Guides index in that case. At least >> that's sorted by category.) >> >> On a sidenote, I also noticed that the page links to "JavaBlackBelt's >> Maven Exam" on javablackbelt.com under "Miscellaneous on Maven". >> However, javablackbelt.com does not exist anymore [1], and the "Maven >> Exam" link is dead. [2] >> >> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javablackbelt >> [2] http://www.javablackbelt.com/QuestionnaireDefDisplay.wwa? >> questPublicId=01559 >> >> ** <http://www.maestrodev.com/better-build-maven> >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org > >
