I have a number of posts that talk about using Maven to automate builds for Fusion Middleware projects. I know that there are some people who have not used Maven before, or maybe only a little. So I wanted to post a few short videos that explain the basic concepts and give a real example.
Here is the first installment – Basic Maven – you might want to watch fullscreen 🙂
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Cool stuff. For those of you playing along at home, here are some of the command lines that were a bit fuzzy to read:
To run the war file:
$ mvn org.mortbay.jetty:maven-jetty-plugin:run-war
To see the effective POM:
$ mvn help:effective-pom
To describe the Jetty plugin:
$ mvn help:describe -DgroupId=org.mortbay.jetty -DartifactId=maven-jetty-plugin
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Cool stuff. For those of you playing along at home, here are some of the command lines that were a bit fuzzy to read:
To run the war file:
$ mvn org.mortbay.jetty:maven-jetty-plugin:run-war
To see the effective POM:
$ mvn help:effective-pom
To describe the Jetty plugin:
$ mvn help:describe -DgroupId=org.mortbay.jetty -DartifactId=maven-jetty-plugin