“Having just recovered from the ‘culture-shock’ from converting
from Ant to Maven, I’d like to pass on a few words about the
experience.“At first glance, Maven seems quite complicated. Rather than
writing your own targets, Maven has dozens of its own, already
written for you. Then comes the realization that all of the stuff
you normally write in Ant scripts is there already; for
many projects, you don’t need to write a thing…”
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