What is maven ?
A maven is an automation tool that is used for designing java projects. Maven is developed by the Apache software foundation. Maven can also manage and build projects in c#, ruby, scala, etc. Maven has the following objectives,
- Makes the build process of projects easy.
- Try to provide a uniform development platform.
- Provides quality information of project.
- Encourages better development projects.
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Maven - Eclipse IDE
Eclipse IDE by maven is a good platform that provides some great plugins using which we can simply integrate Maven and Eclipse. It is known as m2eclipse; the following are some features of m2eclipse,
- You can run Maven goals in eclipse.
- We can see the output of Maven commands in eclipse using its console.
- We can update maven dependencies within the IDE.
- Eclipse automatically downloads the new dependencies from the Maven repositories.
- It provides a wizard for creating new projects and enables the Maven support for existing projects.
- It also provides a quick search option to search dependencies in the Maven repo.
- Eclipse does the dependency management of maven and sets the path for the project.
Features of Maven
- The easy setup process follows best practices.
- Consistency in usage in project.
- Able to work on different projects at a time.
- Instantly access new features with some small configurations
- Dependency management included.
