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Re: Maven Pains

From: Anders Eriksson <anders.eriksson_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:06:21 +0200

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 12:43 AM, Harsha Godugu <Harsha.Godugu_at_sun.com> wrote:
> Bill Shannon wrote:
>>
>> Jason Lee wrote:
>>>
>>> A common refrain in a lot of the email threads and conference calls
>>> seems to be "I'm struggling with Maven." Being in the same boat, I've
>>> been trying to gather good resources on taking the pain out of Maven.
>>> In a comment on a recent blog entry of mine regarding using Ant to
>>> address some Maven issues, I was pointed to an online book on Maven
>>> called "Maven: The Definitive Guide." It can be found at
>>> http://www.sonatype.com/book/. I haven't read it yet, so I have no
>>> idea how good it is, but it can't hurt at this point, right? :P
>>>
>>
>> Anyone had a chance to read this book yet?
>
> I did. It's excellent and very helpful. Most of the build stability problems
> are a misunderstanding of maven and the way poms are written.
>
> -hg
>

Another downloadable Maven-book is found here
http://www.devzuz.com/better-build-maven (updated July 2008)

I've read both books but it was a while ago so I mix'em up... don't
remember which one was best! :)

/Anders