Clean scalable builds with Maven

Our build systems have migrated from make to Ant. While Ant does a good job in many ways, is it the right tool for the job? This session talks about taking builds to the next level, looking at tools such as Maven to make your life easier.

Our build systems have migrated from make to Ant. While Ant does a good job in many ways, is it the right tool for the job?

You often see a lot of copy 'n paste reuse as people jump from project to project, and we think there is a better way. Maven gives you reuse via its plugins.

Are you sick of having 25 copies of someapp.jar in various lib directories? Maven gives you a clean way to handle dependencies, and you will always know which version your project is using.

Maven is built to be simple to get up and running for small projects, yet flexible enough to manage multiple sub projects. It builds on Ant, so you can drop down to that level to tweak the builds for your needs.

Check out this session if you wish to explore a better way to progress on your own builds.

About Dion Almaer

Dion Almaer is the founder and CTO of Adigio, Inc. He is an architect, mentor, pragmatic, and evangelist of technologies such as J2EE, JDO, AOP, and Groovy. He is the Editor-in-Chief of TheServerSide.com J2EE Community and enjoys working in the community. He is a member of the Java Community Process, where he participates on various expert groups.

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