Training Outline

Introduction to Maven is a virtual training course that was designed to focus on practice not theory. This course brings everyone up to a base line of knowledge so your team can collaborate on Maven projects more effectively.

Module 1: Install and Run Maven

• Download
• Run
• Install

Module 2: Building a Simple Project

• Examining the pom.xml
• Coordinates & dependencies
• Directory structure
• Modifying code & dependencies
• Examining the output

Module 3: Working with Dependencies

• Coordinates
• Identifying a new requirement
• Locating and adding a dependency in Maven Central
• Modifying code to use a new dependency
• Repository format
• Release versions

Module 4: Writing and Executing Unit Tests

• Plugins
• JUnit tests
• Test Resources
• Including, excluding and running tests
• Parallel test execution
• Configuration examples

Module 5: Building Your Software

• Goals
• Plugins
• Lifecycle
• Convention over configuration
• Life without Maven

Module 6: Packaging Your Software

• WAR plugin
• Assembly plugin
• Standalone java program
• Building a program that creates a jar with dependencies
• JAR plugin
• EAR plugin
• SNAPSHOT versions

Module 7: Creating a Multi-module Project

• File system structure with a top-level directory
• pom.xml files with relationships
• Why group projects together?
• Inheritance
• Aggregation
• Version number alignment
• Multi-module builds
• The reactor
• Multiple levels of hierarchy