Apache Maven Quickstart Training (MAV102)

This Apache Maven Quickstart Training class helps participants understand and access the tremendous benefits and return on investment from Apache Maven. After completing this course, participants will understand how to download, install, set up, and confidently use core Maven features. Students learn to run Maven commands both from the command line and within Eclipse.

This course is targeted to people who will use Maven to build projects. They will typically work on projects that have already been created (i.e. existing project checked out from an SCM system), or create new projects based on a Maven archetype. They may be expected to add dependencies to an existing project, or configure the build process by editing the project's POM.

1. Introduction to Apache Maven
   1. Build Tools for Java
   2. History of Build Tools
   3. Traditional Scripting
   4. "make"
   5. Problems with Make
   6. Manual Build with JavaC
   7. ANT
   8. Pros and Cons of Ant
   9. Apache Maven
   10. Goals of Maven
   11. What is Apache Maven?
   12. Why Use Apache Maven?
   13. The Maven EcoSystem
   14. Consistent Easy-to-Understand Project Layout
   15. Convention Over Configuration
   16. Maven is Different
   17. Maven Projects have a Standardized Build
   18. Effect of Convention Over Configuration
   19. Importance of Plugins
   20. A Key Point on Maven!
   21. Summary - Key Features of Maven
2. Installing and Running Apache Maven
   1. Downloading Maven
   2. Installing Maven
   3. Run From Command Line
   4. Running Inside an IDE
   5. Settings.xml
   6. Local Repository
   7. Summary
3. Getting Started With Maven
   1. Terminology and Basic Concepts
   2. Artifacts
   3. Lifecycle
   4. Default Lifecycle
   5. Plugins
   6. Running Maven - the Story So Far
   7. Running Maven from an IDE
   8. Common Goals
   9. pom.xml
   10. Example
   11. Artifact Coordinates
   12. Standard Layout for Sources
   13. Summary
4. A Web Application in Maven
   1. A More Complex Project
   2. Putting it Together With Maven
   3. Packaging the Target Artifact
   4. The Source Tree
   5. Dependencies
   6. Transitive Dependencies
   7. Dependency Scope
   8. Working With Servers
   9. Declaring and Configuring Plugins
   10. Running the Plugin
   11. Binding a Plugin Goal to the Lifecycle
   12. Archetypes
   13. Summary
5. Commonly Used Plugins
   1. Maven Plugins
   2. Declaring and Configuring Plugins
   3. Running the Plugin
   4. Binding a Plugin Goal to the Lifecycle
   5. Maven Surefire Test Plugin
   6. Failsafe Plugin
   7. Site Plugin
   8. JavaDoc Plugin
   9. PMD Plugin
   10. Code Coverage - Cobertura
   11. Summary
6. Multi-Module Builds
   1. Introduction
   2. The Reactor
   3. Reactor Sorting
   4. Multi-Module Build by Example
   5. Summary

Each student receives a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all class examples.

Experience in the following is required for this Maven class: