A project needs to provide at least one build system, and ideally, exactly one. IDEs can manage builds, but it's not good to tie the build to a particular IDE.
For Java, it's really Ant or Maven. I still prefer working with Ant, but Maven can provide a default structure to do a whole lot more -- package and host releases, build a web site -- but gets exponentially harder to use the more you have unusual requirements. Maven prevails for projects that are being consumed by many others, largely because you can deploy the build in an easy-to-consume way. That brings to exactly 1 build system. It's the thing that already knows about how to build and use the code, so, is also a natural platform to do more stuff like run programs. You can always do it manually in terms of building JARs and editing your classpath if you want. But that's why many things are in terms of Maven. On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Sloot, Hans-Peter < [email protected]> wrote: > This probaly a stupid question. > > > > All examples concerning Mahout seem to use maven. > > > > Is that necessary? What is the benefit? > > > > Regards HP > > > > [image: blue_strip] > > > > > > > > > Dit bericht is vertrouwelijk en kan geheime informatie bevatten enkel > bestemd voor de geadresseerde. Indien dit bericht niet voor u is bestemd, > verzoeken wij u dit onmiddellijk aan ons te melden en het bericht te > vernietigen. Aangezien de integriteit van het bericht niet veilig gesteld > is middels verzending via internet, kan Atos Nederland B.V. niet > aansprakelijk worden gehouden voor de inhoud daarvan. Hoewel wij ons > inspannen een virusvrij netwerk te hanteren, geven wij geen enkele garantie > dat dit bericht virusvrij is, noch aanvaarden wij enige aansprakelijkheid > voor de mogelijke aanwezigheid van een virus in dit bericht. Op al onze > rechtsverhoudingen, aanbiedingen en overeenkomsten waaronder Atos Nederland > B.V. goederen en/of diensten levert zijn met uitsluiting van alle andere > voorwaarden de Leveringsvoorwaarden van Atos Nederland B.V. van toepassing. > Deze worden u op aanvraag direct kosteloos toegezonden. > > This e-mail and the documents attached are confidential and intended > solely for the addressee; it may also be privileged. If you receive this > e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and destroy it. As > its integrity cannot be secured on the Internet, the Atos Nederland B.V. > group liability cannot be triggered for the message content. Although the > sender endeavours to maintain a computer virus-free network, the sender > does not warrant that this transmission is virus-free and will not be > liable for any damages resulting from any virus transmitted. On all offers > and agreements under which Atos Nederland B.V. supplies goods and/or > services of whatever nature, the Terms of Delivery from Atos Nederland B.V. > exclusively apply. The Terms of Delivery shall be promptly submitted to you > on your request. > > Atos Nederland B.V. / Utrecht > KvK Utrecht 30132762 >
