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Maven Compiler Plugin 1. Overview This quick tutorial introduces the compiler plugin, one of the core plugins of the Maven build tool. For an overview of the other core plugins, refer to this article. 2. Plugin Goals The compiler plugin is used to compile the source code of a Maven… Continue Reading maven-compiler-plugin
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The Spring Boot Starter Parent 1. Introduction In this tutorial, we’ll learn about spring-boot-starter-parent and how we can benefit from it for better dependency management, default configurations for plugins and quickly build our Spring Boot applications. We’ll also see how we can override the versions of existing dependencies and properties provided… Continue Reading spring-boot-starter-parent
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Skipping Tests with Maven 1. Introduction Skipping tests is often a bad idea. However, there are some situations where it could be useful — maybe when we’re developing new code and want to run intermediate builds in which the tests are not passing or compiling. In these kinds of situations… Continue Reading maven-skipping-tests
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Maven Dependency Scopes 1. Introduction Maven is one of the most popular build tools in the Java ecosystem, and one of its core features is dependency management. In this article, we’re going to describe and explore the mechanism that helps in managing transitive dependencies in Maven projects – dependency scopes.… Continue Reading maven-dependency-scopes
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Setting the Java Version in Maven 1. Overview In this quick tutorial, we’ll show how to set the Java version in Maven. Before moving ahead, we can check the default JDK version of Maven. Running the mvn -v command will show the Java version in which Maven runs. Further reading:… Continue Reading maven-java-version
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Apache Maven Tutorial 1. Introduction Building a software project typically consists of such tasks as downloading dependencies, putting additional jars on a classpath, compiling source code into binary code, running tests, packaging compiled code into deployable artifacts such as JAR, WAR, and ZIP files, and deploying these artifacts to an… Continue Reading maven
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Maven Goals and Phases 1. Overview In this tutorial, we’ll explore different Maven build life cycles and their phases. We’ll also discuss the core relation between Goals and Phases. 2. Maven Build Lifecycle The Maven build follows a specific life cycle to deploy and distribute the target project. There are… Continue Reading maven-goals-phases
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