Maven is a new project management and comprehension tool which provides an elegant way to share build logic across projects. In terms of capabilities, Maven is an improvement to Apache Ant-thanks to numerous plug-ins and built-in integration with unit testing frameworks such as JUnit. Tired of writing the same build logic for every project? Using Maven, you can leverage the experience of the community to avoid the tedious process of creating yet another build script for each new project. Maven: A Developer's Notebook begins by introducing you to the concept of project object model (POM), and then offers further details on the essential features of Maven. Like all titles in O'Reilly's Developer's Notebook series, this no-nonsense book skips the boring prose and cuts right to the chase. It's an approach that forces you to get your hands dirty by working through a series of poignant labs-exercises that speak to you instead of at you. Plus, Maven: A Developer's Notebook is the first book on the subject to hit the market, so you know the information is fresh and timely. If you're a Java programmer, you'll be armed with all the critical information you need to get up to speed on this powerful new build tool. You'll discover how Maven can help you:

• manage a project's build, reporting, and documentation, all from a central piece of information

• break a complex project into a series of smaller subprojects

• report on code quality, unit tests, code duplication, and project activity

• create a custom remote repository

• build simple and complex plug-ins

In the end, you'll find yourself spending less time working on your project's build system and more time working on your project's code.

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No longer relevant - 2007-03-14
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This book does not apply to Maven 2, the current release of Maven. May be useful concept material but because it doesn't apply to the current version of the software it is not a good "Developers Notebook". This book should be pulled from the shelves.

Out of date - 2007-03-24
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While there is nothing technically wrong about this book, Maven 2 is almost a complete re-write of Maven. This book covers all the ins and outs of using Maven (the project model, dependency resolution, directory hierarchy), but the technical details are now completely out of date.

Fast start, gets right to the point. - 2005-12-16
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This is a great book to get a quick introduction to Maven. At about 185 pages, it gets right to the point. It's written using labs and each new one builds on the previous one.

I have used Ant and know how it works but was in the dark when it came to Maven. This book gave me the knowledge I needed to understand and modify an existing Maven project within the first two chapters.

It's not a reference manual, and it's not one of these 500 page tomes that weighs a ton but is light on substance. There's real content in a very readable format in this book.

If you are new to Maven and are scratching your head tryiing to figure out what the heck this thing is doing, read this book and you will be enlightened!

Waste of moneyand time - 2008-01-10
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This book was a complete waste of my money and my time. The code examples dont work and it focuses on outdated maven 1. Maven is now at level 2.08 and the publishers of this book should know better than to continue putting this book out for sale.

Out of date - 2007-11-05
Reviewer Rating:
The only full Maven book but falls short on being a good book. The book covers the older Maven version. I would rather wait for version 2.0 coverage than buy an out dated book.

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