Get started

Install Maven, build a first project and learn the few ideas everything else rests on.

• 1. Create your first projectCheck Java and Maven, generate a project from the quickstart archetype, build it into a JAR and run the program.
• 2. Add your first dependencyFind a library on Maven Central, add it to your project's POM, use it in your code and run the program with it.
• 3. Add and configure your first pluginAdd the Shade plugin to your build, bind its goal to a phase and configure it, so that your program runs with java -jar.
• 4. Test and build your projectTest your code with JUnit, see what a failing test does to the build, then verify the project and install it in your local repository.
• 5. Split your application into modulesTurn my-app into a parent POM with a library module and an application module, build them together, and build one with what it needs.
• Install Maven
• Maven on Windows
• What is Maven?
• Philosophy of Maven
• Phases, goals and pluginsHow Maven turns a command such as mvn package into a series of plugin goals, and why every Maven project builds with the same few commands.
• Standard directory layoutThe directories and files of a Maven project, what goes in each, and which plugin reads or writes it.
• The POM explained
• Build an existing project
• Getting started questions and answers