Re: Using Maven outside of L/M/WAMP environment
> > 2. Can Maven be used outside of a *AMP environment? I may be > misinterpreting > the use of Maven in this way but with it being a part of the Apache > Project, > I’m assuming a *AMP server is required to create a system with Maven as a > part of it. The Apache Software Foundation (ASF, apache.org) is housing multiple projects. The Apache HTTP server in AMP is only one of those projects, others are for example, are Maven, but also Subversion.[1] SO, no, you don't need Maven to run Apache HTTP server. You can use Maven to build your Java projects, or even other types of projects. It is only unfortunately so, that the ASF and Apache HTTP server are both called 'apache'. With regards, Nick Stolwijk [1] https://projects.apache.org/projects.html ~~~ Try to leave this world a little better than you found it and, when your turn comes to die, you can die happy in feeling that at any rate you have not wasted your time but have done your best ~~~ Lord Baden-Powell On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 10:27 PM New_Tech wrote: > I am a new programmer and have started the “on paper” design of my first > project. While reading a tutorial on linking a Java program to a MySQL DB, > I was introduced to Maven as part of the conduit between Java and the DB. I > have a couple of questions about this. > > 1. Is Maven an absolute requirement to allow communication between those > two > entities? > > > > If this is the wrong place for this post please direct me to the correct > area. Any helpful resources to understand Maven’s purpose and necessity are > much appreciated. > > Thank you > > > > -- > Sent from: http://maven.40175.n5.nabble.com/Maven-Users-f40176.html > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org > >
Re: Using Maven outside of L/M/WAMP environment
These are good questions. Two concepts to keep separate at all times are building the application and running the application. Tools and environments used for one are not necessarily present in the other. For example, Maven is used to make an application, and a MySql DB is usually used by a running application. OTOH, to simplify things, there are some entities you will use at both times. For example, a Java .jar file contains both instructions which the java executable can convert to machine code, and metadata that programs like Maven can read to know how to fit them into a larger program. Also, whatever is needed at runtime is _useful_ at development time for testing the application, as the computer can run the code faster and more accurately than any human can read the code and imagine what will happen when it runs. A MySql database usually serves the running application. Typically, Java programs access relational databases (typical SQL databases, but not all databases) with a JDBC driver. MySql is one such relational SQL database, and there are MySql JDBC drivers. Maven is not related to MySql in any specific way, but is a tool for building an application (and need not be present when _running_ an application or connecting to a database). There are JDBC drivers, including MySql drivers, conveniently available in Maven Central (which you can search at https://search.maven.org/). I imagine the example you saw probably had a `` section in a `pom.xml` file that included a MySql driver as a dependency--at least that's a typical way to tell Maven that our program needs or _depends on_ that mysql driver. So with that dependency declared, our program can now use that mysql driver and successfully build--specifically, javac can compile the source files that reference the classes and interfaces in the MySql driver, and make a .jar or .war based on it. Also, with a few further steps I won't go into now, you can run that .jar or .war, and the running program will try to connect to a database as you dictate in your program. HTH On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 4:27 PM New_Tech wrote: > I am a new programmer and have started the “on paper” design of my first > project. While reading a tutorial on linking a Java program to a MySQL DB, > I was introduced to Maven as part of the conduit between Java and the DB. I > have a couple of questions about this. > > 1. Is Maven an absolute requirement to allow communication between those > two > entities? > > 2. Can Maven be used outside of a *AMP environment? I may be > misinterpreting > the use of Maven in this way but with it being a part of the Apache > Project, > I’m assuming a *AMP server is required to create a system with Maven as a > part of it. > > If this is the wrong place for this post please direct me to the correct > area. Any helpful resources to understand Maven’s purpose and necessity are > much appreciated. > > Thank you > > > > -- > Sent from: http://maven.40175.n5.nabble.com/Maven-Users-f40176.html > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org > > --
Re: Using Maven outside of L/M/WAMP environment
Hello, Il mer 30 ott 2019, 22:27 New_Tech ha scritto: > I am a new programmer and have started the “on paper” design of my first > project. While reading a tutorial on linking a Java program to a MySQL DB, > I was introduced to Maven as part of the conduit between Java and the DB. I > have a couple of questions about this. > > 1. Is Maven an absolute requirement to allow communication between those > two > entities? > Usually you use a JDBC driver to connect to a database. Maven is a build/project management tool > > 2. Can Maven be used outside of a *AMP environment? I may be > misinterpreting > the use of Maven in this way but with it being a part of the Apache > Project, > I’m assuming a *AMP server is required to create a system with Maven as a > part of it. > Can you share a link to the doc you are reading about AMP? > > If this is the wrong place for this post please direct me to the correct > area. Any helpful resources to understand Maven’s purpose and necessity are > much appreciated. > You can start from the website https://maven.apache.org Enrico > > Thank you > > > > -- > Sent from: http://maven.40175.n5.nabble.com/Maven-Users-f40176.html > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org > >
Using Maven outside of L/M/WAMP environment
I am a new programmer and have started the “on paper” design of my first project. While reading a tutorial on linking a Java program to a MySQL DB, I was introduced to Maven as part of the conduit between Java and the DB. I have a couple of questions about this. 1. Is Maven an absolute requirement to allow communication between those two entities? 2. Can Maven be used outside of a *AMP environment? I may be misinterpreting the use of Maven in this way but with it being a part of the Apache Project, I’m assuming a *AMP server is required to create a system with Maven as a part of it. If this is the wrong place for this post please direct me to the correct area. Any helpful resources to understand Maven’s purpose and necessity are much appreciated. Thank you -- Sent from: http://maven.40175.n5.nabble.com/Maven-Users-f40176.html - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org
