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| <title>Welcome to Maven</title> |
| <author email="brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</author> |
| <author email="jason@sonatype.com">Jason van Zyl</author> |
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| <h5>Search Maven Sites</h5> |
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| <h5>Get Maven ${currentVersion}</h5> |
| <span style="display: block; text-align: right; font-size: smaller">Released: 10 April 2008</span> |
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| <a href="download.html"> |
| <img src="images/folder-open.gif" border="0" alt="" title="Download Maven ${currentVersion}"/> |
| Maven ${currentVersion} |
| </a> |
| <small>(1.6Mb)</small> |
| <span style="font-size: smaller"> |
| <br/> |
| <a href="download.html#Requirements">System Requirements</a>, |
| <a href="download.html#Installation">Installation Instructions</a>, |
| <a href="release-notes.html">Release Notes</a> |
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| </p> |
| <p> |
| <a href="download.html"> |
| <img src="images/folder-open.gif" border="0" alt="" title="Download Maven Tasks for Ant 2.0.9"/> |
| Maven Tasks for Ant 2.0.9 |
| </a> |
| <small>(994k)</small> |
| <span style="font-size: smaller"> |
| <br/> |
| <a href="ant-tasks.html">Documentation</a>, |
| <a href="ant-tasks-release-notes.html">Release Notes</a> |
| </span> |
| </p> |
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| <h5>Other Maven Projects</h5> |
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| <a href="/maven-1.x/"> |
| <img src="images/maven-1.x.png" border="0" width="76" height="32" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em;" alt="" title="Maven 1.x" /> |
| Maven 1.x |
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| All stories start at the beginning... |
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| <h5>Looking for Repository Managers?</h5> |
| <p><a href="http://maven.apache.org/repository-management.html">Take a look</a> at the Repository Managers available from the community.</p> |
| <h5>Looking for CI Servers?</h5> |
| <p><a href="http://maven.apache.org/continuous-integration.html">Take a look</a> at the CI Servers available from the community.</p> |
| </div> |
| <section name="Welcome to Maven"> |
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| <!-- TODO: I reckon it's time for a new description --> |
| <p> |
| Maven is a software project management and comprehension tool. Based on the concept of a project object model |
| (POM), Maven can manage a project's build, reporting and documentation from a central piece of information. |
| </p> |
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| If you think that Maven could help your project, you can find out more information about in the "About Maven" |
| section of the navigation. This includes an in-depth description of <a href="what-is-maven.html">what Maven is</a>, |
| a <a href="maven-features.html">list of some of its main features</a>, and a set of <a href="general.html">frequently |
| asked questions about what Maven is</a>. |
| </p> |
| <h3>Learning about Maven</h3> |
| <p> |
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| This site is separated into the following sections, depending on how you'd like to use Maven: |
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| <ul> |
| <li> |
| <span style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.25em"> |
| <a href="run-maven/index.html">Run Maven</a> |
| </span> |
| <span style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0.5em"> |
| Information for those needing to build a project that uses Maven |
| </span> |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <span style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.25em"> |
| <a href="users/index.html">Use Maven</a> |
| </span> |
| <span style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0.5em"> |
| Information for those wanting to use Maven to build their project, including a "10 minute test" that gives a |
| practical overview of Maven's main features in just 10 minutes |
| </span> |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <span style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.25em"> |
| <a href="plugin-developers/index.html">Write Maven Plugins</a> |
| </span> |
| <span style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0.5em"> |
| Information for those who may or may not be using Maven, but want to provide a plugin for shared |
| functionality or to accompany their own product or toolset |
| </span> |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <span style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.25em"> |
| <a href="repository/index.html">Improve the Maven Repository</a> |
| </span> |
| <span style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0.5em"> |
| Information for those who may or may not use, but are interested in getting project metadata into the |
| repository |
| </span> |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <span style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.25em"> |
| <a href="developers/index.html">Develop Maven</a> |
| </span> |
| <span style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0.5em"> |
| Information for those who are currently developers, or who are interested |
| in contributing to the Maven project itself |
| </span> |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| <p> |
| Each guide is divided into a number of trails to get you started on a particular topic, and includes a |
| reference area and a "cookbook" of common examples. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| You can access the guides at any time from the left navigation. |
| </p> |
| <h3>Documentation Index</h3> |
| <p> |
| If you are looking for a quick reference, you can use the <a href="guides/index.html">documentation index.</a> |
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| If you are looking for a quick reference, you can use the documentation index. It is available in both |
| <a href="todo.html">alphabetical</a> and <a href="todo.html">categorical</a> listing formats. |
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| </p> |
| <h3>Plugins</h3> |
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| Maven functionality is provided by plugins. For an explanation of how plugins work, and basic information on how |
| to use a plugin, see the <a href="todo.html">introduction to plugins</a> in the Users Centre. |
| </p> |
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| <p> |
| For detailed information on just some of the plugins available for Maven, see the |
| <a href="plugins/index.html">plugin list</a>. |
| </p> |
| <!-- TODO: Should these be here, or just in the user centre? |
| <h3>Converting from a different Build System</h3> |
| <p> |
| If you are currently using a different build system, there are options for converting from that to Maven 2 |
| either partially or completely. These guides also give an overview of the differences between Maven and the |
| other build system. The following guides are available in the Users Centre: |
| </p> |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="todo.html">Converting from Ant to Maven 2</a></li> |
| <li><a href="todo.html">Converting from Maven 1.x to Maven 2</a></li> |
| <li><a href="todo.html">Adding Maven 2 to an IDE based build</a></li> |
| </ul> |
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| <h3>How to Get Support</h3> |
| <p> |
| Support for Maven is available in a variety of different forms. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| To get started, search the documentation, the <a href="http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAVENUSER">wiki</a>, |
| <a href="issue-tracking.html">issue tracker</a>, or the <a href="mail-lists.html">mailing list archives</a> to |
| see if the problem has been solved or reported before. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| If the problem has not been reported before, the recommended way to get help is to |
| subscribe to the <a href="mail-lists.html">Maven Users Mailing list</a>. Many other users and Maven developers |
| will answer your questions there, and the answer will be archived for others in the future. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| You can also reach the Maven developers on <a href="community.html">IRC</a>. |
| </p> |
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