Maven for Eclipse.

Description

Maven for Eclipse is an indispensable guide to help you understand and use Maven from within Eclipse IDE using the m2eclipse plugin. By no means is it an in-depth and comprehensive resource. Rather, it's a quick and handy guide toward Maven project's development. It starts with the basics of Apache Maven; covers core concepts; and shows you how to create, import, build, run, package, and customize to generate project artifacts of Maven projects using the m2eclipse plugin inside the Eclipse IDE. What this book covers Chapter 1, Apache Maven – Introduction and Installation, provides users with a quick introduction and installation reference to Apache Maven. By the end of this chapter, users will have a Maven project running on their systems. Chapter 2, Installing m2eclipse, serves as a reference for users to install the m2eclipse plugin and also provides Maven integration for Eclipse. By the end of this chapter, users will have m2eclipse installed on their systems and ready to be used. Chapter 3, Creating and Importing Projects, starts with the Maven project structure, introduces core aspects and concepts, and guides you toward creating and importing Maven projects using the m2eclipse plugin. By the end of this chapter, users will be familiar with the core concepts of the Maven project structure, and they'll be able to create and import Maven projects. Chapter 4, Building and Running a Project, introduces users to different build lifecycles and teaches them how to view the m2eclipse console and build and run projects. By the end of this chapter, users will be familiar with the build lifecycle and will be competent at building and running projects using m2eclipse. Chapter 5, Spicing Up a Maven Project, teaches users to create a simple web application, shows ways to customize it, and provides guides on how to write and run unit tests. By end of this chapter, users will learn to create web applications using m2eclipse and change the POM file to generate reports against unit tests. Chapter 6, Creating a Multimodule Project, intends to introduce the concept of multimodule projects and teaches users to create, build, and run the project. At the end of this chapter, users will know how to create and run a multimodule Maven project using the m2eclipse plugin. Chapter 7, Peeking into m2eclipse, dives into the m2eclipse plugin and introduces different features and aspects that makes life easier. By the end of this chapter, users will be familiar with every aspect of m2eclipse and will be able to use it efficiently and with ease. Cover......Page 1 Copyright......Page 3 Credits......Page 4 About the Author......Page 5 About the Reviewers......Page 6 www.PacktPub.com......Page 9 Table of Contents......Page 10 Preface......Page 14 Chapter 1: Apache Maven – Introduction and Installation......Page 20 Maven's principles......Page 21 Maven's component architecture......Page 22 Wagon......Page 23 Maven SCM......Page 24 Maven versus Ant......Page 25 Downloading Maven......Page 27 Installing Maven on Windows......Page 28 Verifying the installation of Maven......Page 29 Summary......Page 30 Introduction to m2eclipse......Page 32 Downloading Eclipse......Page 33 Installing and launching Eclipse......Page 34 Using Eclipse Marketplace......Page 35 Using Update Site......Page 37 Setting Maven for use......Page 40 Summary......Page 42 Chapter 3: Creating and Importing Projects......Page 44 POM (Project Object Model)......Page 45 Maven coordinates......Page 47 POM relationships......Page 49 A super POM......Page 50 Repository......Page 55 The remote repository......Page 56 Search sequence in repositories......Page 57 Dependency scopes......Page 59 Transitive dependencies......Page 60 Plugins and Goals......Page 61 Creating a Maven project......Page 62 Using an archetype......Page 63 Using no archetypes......Page 66 Checking out a Maven project......Page 68 Importing a Maven project......Page 70 Summary......Page 71 Chapter 4: Building and Running a Project......Page 72 The default lifecycle......Page 73 The clean lifecycle......Page 74 The site lifecycle......Page 75 The package-specific lifecycle......Page 76 The Maven console......Page 77 Building and packaging projects......Page 78 Running hello-project......Page 81 Summary......Page 82 Chapter 5: Spicing Up a Maven Project......Page 84 Creating the MyDistance project......Page 85 Changing the project information......Page 88 Adding dependencies......Page 89 Adding resources......Page 91 The application code......Page 93 Adding a form to get an input......Page 94 Adding a servlet......Page 96 Running an application......Page 98 Writing unit tests......Page 100 Generating site documentation......Page 104 Generating unit tests – HTML reports......Page 107 Generating javadocs......Page 108 Summary......Page 109 Introduction......Page 110 Creating a parent project – POM......Page 112 Creating a core module......Page 115 Creating a webapp module......Page 118 Building a multimodule project......Page 122 Summary......Page 124 Chapter 7: Peeking into m2eclipse......Page 126 Other features in m2eclipse......Page 127 Add Plugin......Page 129 New Maven Module Project......Page 130 Download Source......Page 131 Open POM......Page 133 Update Project......Page 134 A form-based POM editor......Page 135 Overview......Page 136 Analyzing project dependencies......Page 137 Working with repositories......Page 140 Local Repositories......Page 141 Project Repositories......Page 142 m2eclipse preferences......Page 143 Maven......Page 144 Archetypes......Page 145 User Interface and User Settings......Page 146 Warnings......Page 147 Lifecycle Mappings......Page 148 Summary......Page 149 Index......Page 150