Meaning "accumulator of knowledge" in the Yiddish language, Maven is a tool that is widely used now. Let us take a closer look at the build automation and project management tool.
What is Maven?
- Maven is a build automation tool by Apache Software
Foundation used mainly for Java projects.
- Languages like C#, Ruby and Scala
also support Maven.
- It mainly focuses on how a software is built and its
dependencies.
- It helps with documentation
- It comprises of pre-defined targets to perform the code’s
compilation.
- Maven files are stored in pom.xml format. (Project Object Model)
- Requires JDK 8 or later
- The command mvn package
compiles all the Java files while running all tests and then package the
resulting code along with the resources.
Pros of using Maven
- The user only needs to provide the configuration for the project. The plug-ins do the unit tests, cleaning up of directories and generating a well-documented API. (Other automation tools require the user to write procedures for doing tasks)
- Dependency management
- Gives a consistent structure to projects
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