Thanks, Dominic and Gérald, > I hesitate to draw comparisons between maven and > ExtUtils::MakeMaker. :-)
I hear even a bed of nails can be comfortable if you get used to it... :) > As Gérald said, you should keep your source and compiled > artifacts separate. Oh yes, sounds like a very good idea. No argument from me! > The maven standard (which seems > reasonable to me) is that java source code lives under > src/main/java. Additional non-java files you want to end up > in your classpath (i.e. WEB-INF/classes) go into > src/main/resources. When you run "mvn package" everything > will get copied into place, then packaged up into > target/myproject-0.1.war (or similar). I can see the sense of that, just that it seems rather distribution-dependant to me: I can more productive if I can regularly build a distribution in situ. This is why I added Tomcat to the subject line -- surely people aren't copying files and directories around to make distributions? Perhaps I should be looking at configuring my dev Tomcat to read fromt eh Maven-ised project structure? That just seems feel. I feel I am missing a vital piece of the puzzle, but no-one have spoken to in the real world seems to have it -- possibly because they rely on Eclipse and I don't, or perhaps because their jobs involve installing distributions of the software, whereas mine involves writing the software.... > Probably your best bet for now is to check out the online edition of > Maven: The Definitive Guide. There's a lot in there, but the > first few chapters should get you over the hump fairly quickly. Thanks, I have been reading that in tandem with posting here. I'm currently looking at sourceDirectory.... Thanks again, to both of you. Lee http://www.bbc.co.uk/ This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically stated. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system. Do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in reliance on it and notify the sender immediately. Please note that the BBC monitors e-mails sent or received. Further communication will signify your consent to this. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org
