> "Maven downloads the internet” Which is awesome. Because then *I* don’t have to do it. Manually. Every time a dependency changes.
> https://38.media.tumblr.com/c15fa7aa6f698670350588df51040eba/tumblr_inline_mqdaevWXam1qz4rgp.png Look how happy that grandma is. She just saved herself a lot of time by modifying only the dependency she cares about—and having Maven think about the rest. > Damn straight it does! Okay, so get this… You’ve used 3rd party libraries for > stuff, right. And then you want to cmd-click on the class, but oops, no > sources. Hover that class, sorry, no javadocs… Maybe if you go find all that > crap, and include it in your workspace somewhere, and then tell Eclipse where > it’s located… maybe when you have lots of time. Right? Amen brother. > Maven can just download and manage those for you. FOR EVERYTHING. In seconds! > This framework I am converting has 29(!) jars. This one feature is so > awesome, I don’t have the words to describe it :D Halelujah! > Discovering this now, I wish I started with Maven years ago. Do you have a recommended path? (read: is there someplace with usable documentation on how to convert one's WO projects?) I’ve attempted to make the conversion on several occasions but I always stop somewhere along the way. I’m currently using Ivy for dependency management, and it’s a hole that I’d prefer not to dig myself deeper into. - hugi _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Webobjects-dev mailing list (Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
