Some of my friends and juniors asked me to share the meaning of terminologies used in MAVEN projects, hence writing down this blog, I will try my best to explain same in simple terms briefly here.
So, What is a Maven project?
Maven is a build automation tool used primarily for Java projects. The word maven means "accumulator of knowledge" in Yiddish. Maven addresses two aspects of building software: first, it describes how software is built, and second, it describes its dependencies.
Maven is a build automation tool used primarily for Java projects. The word maven means "accumulator of knowledge" in Yiddish. Maven addresses two aspects of building software: first, it describes how software is built, and second, it describes its dependencies.
Why should we use Maven?
What is Maven and how does it work?
Maven is a "build management tool", it is for defining how your .java files get compiled to .class , packaged into .jar (or .war or .ear ) files, (pre/post)processed with tools, managing your CLASSPATH , and all others sorts of tasks that are required to build your project.
What is artifact ID and Group ID in maven?
An artifact is a file, usually a JAR, that gets deployed to a Maven repository. A Maven build produces one or more artifacts, such as a compiled JAR and a "sources" JAR. Each artifact has a group ID (usually a reversed domain name, like com.example.foo), an artifact ID (just a name), and a version string.
What is use of POM.XML in Java?
A Project Object Model or POM is the fundamental unit of work in Maven. It is an XML file that contains information about the project and configuration details used by Maven to build the project. It contains default values for most projects.
What is Maven in spring?
Maven is software project management tool.Maven is used to manage a project's build from a central piece of information. Maven is not mandatory for spring mvc application development.
What is a dependency in Maven?
When maven is run on project B version 1.0 of artifacts a, b, c, and d will be used regardless of the version specified in their pom. a and c both are declared as dependencies of the project so version 1.0 is used due to dependency mediation.
What is an archetype in Maven?
In short, Archetype is a Maven project templating toolkit. An archetype is defined as an original pattern or model from which all other things of the same kind are made. The name fits as we are trying to provide a system that provides a consistent means of generating Maven projects.
What is Maven central repository?
In Maven terminology, a repository is a place i.e. directory where all the project jars, library jar, plugins or any other project specific artifacts are stored and can be used by Maven easily. Maven repository are of three types. local. central. remote.
What is the use of Maven in Eclipse?
Maven is a build tool (build manager, in fact), similar to ANT. The main job of any build tool is configure the project, compile using required projects and do the final packaging. A build script in your project gives a blue-print of project's deliverable structure.
What is difference in Maven and Ant?
Difference between Ant and Maven. Ant and Maven both are build tools provided by Apache. The main purpose of these technologies is to ease the build process of a project. Ant doesn't has formal conventions, so we need to provide information of the project structure in build.xml file.
What is Jenkins and Maven?
Maven is a build tool, in short a successor of ant. It helps in build and version control. However Jenkins is continuous integration system, where in maven is used for build. Jenkins can be used to automate the deployment process.